US EditionIsrael says embassy staffers shooting reflects ‘alarming’ rise in antisemitic sentiment
- Two employees of the Israeli Embassy, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, lost their lives in a shooting incident outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.
- The shooting followed an event at the museum and involved suspect Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, who was detained by event security after entering the museum.
- Rodriguez chanted "Free, free Palestine," implied committing the shooting, and led police to the handgun used; officials say no prior interactions or radar flagged him.
- Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter described the victims as friends and colleagues, noting the man had planned to propose in Jerusalem; leaders condemned the antisemitic attack.
- Authorities are prosecuting the case, emphasizing zero tolerance for antisemitism and terrorism amid heightened security and deep community grief over the deadly attack.
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