Two Israeli Embassy Staff Shot Dead Outside Jewish Museum in Washington – ryan

Two Israeli Embassy Staff Members Were Shot and Killed Wednesday Night in Washington, while Leaving the Capital Jewish Museum. Two Other Embassy Staffers were injured in the shooting.

Acciting to Washington Metropolitan Police Commander Pamela Smith, the suspect was apprehended after the attack.

“Prior to the shooting, a suspect was observed pacing outside the museum,” she said, adding that he opened fire on a group of four people, killing a man and a woman. “The suspect chant, ‘free, free Palestine,’ while in Custody.”

Police Later Identified The Suspect As 30-Yaar-Old Elia Rodriguez from Chicago.

The Israeli Embassy in Washington Confirmed that the Two Vicims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, Had Been Attending an event at the Museum on the Role of Humanitarian Diplomacy, Organized by the American Jewish Committee, before the Shooting Occurred. Embassy Spokesperson Tal Naim Cohen Said the Two Staff Members Were Shot “At Close Range.”

“We had full faith in law enforcement autorities on the local and federal levels to apprehend the shoot and protest Israel’s representatives and Jewish communities Throughout the United States,” Cohen Said in A Post on X.

Speaking About the Two Deceased Staff Members, Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, Said, “The Couple That Was Gunned Down in the Name of ‘Free Palestine’ was a Couple About to be Engaged.”

President Donald Trump Condemned The Killings. “These Horrible DC Killings, Based Obiviously on Antisemitism, Must End, Now!” he wrote in a post on the social. “Hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA. Condolences to the families of the Victims. So Sad that Such Things as this can happy! God bless you all!”

Israeli President Isaac Herzog Said, “I am devastated by the scens in washington dc. This is a despicable act of hatred, of antisemitism, which has clament of two young Employs of the Israeli Embassy. Prayers are with the injured. ”

He added, “America and Israel Will Stand United in defensive of Our People and Our Shared. Terror and Hate Will Not Break us.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by Phone with Trump on Thursday Evening. In a staff willing by netanyahu’s office, the American Leader was quoted as Expressing “His DeePest Sorrow Over the Shocking Killing in Washington of the Two Embassy.” Netanyahu Thaaned Trump for the Efforts made by Him and His Team to Combat Anti -Semitism in the United States.

This Story has been updated.