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U.S. Envoys Renew Commitment to Bring Sbarro Bomber Ahlam Tamimi to Justice

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of two Israeli responders standing amid blast debris outside the shattered Sbarro pizzeria storefront in Jerusalem, with the torn-open interior and damaged awning visible behind them.

Two U.S. ambassadors renewed Washington's commitment to bring Ahlam Tamimi to justice around the 25th anniversary of the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem. State Department antisemitism envoy Yehuda Kaploun and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee remembered the 16 people murdered, including three Americans, and more than 120 wounded. Tamimi was convicted in Israel for helping carry out the Hamas attack and was released to Jordan in the 2011 Gilad Shalit exchange. The United States has charged her, added her to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list and offered up to $5 million for information leading to her capture.

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