Israeli embassy employees killed in suspected hate crime attack

Two Israeli embassy employees were shot and killed outside a Washington, D.C., museum Wednesday night. The FBI is looking into whether it was a hate crime.

Two Israeli embassy employees were shot and killed outside a Washington, D.C., museum Wednesday night. The FBI is looking into whether it was a hate crime.

Israeli embassy employees killed in suspected hate crime attack

Two Israeli embassy employees were shot and killed outside a Washington, D.C., museum Wednesday night. The FBI is looking into whether it was a hate crime.

Two Israeli embassy employees were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. The FBI is investigating whether the attack was a hate crime. Police say 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, approached a group of four leaving an event outside the museum, shooting and killing two of them. Police say Rodriguez then entered the museum, where security detained him, and he began chanting "Free, free Palestine," a phrase commonly used by anti-Israeli activists.Israel's Foreign Minister identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sara Lynn Milgrim. The Israeli ambassador confirmed the two were a couple. Lischinsky had recently purchased an engagement ring and planned to propose to Milgrim next week. Milgrim was American, and Lischinsky was Israeli. Video below: What to know about Israeli Embassy staff members killed at Jewish museum"We will not tolerate this violence or hate in our city," Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press conference. "We will not tolerate any acts of terrorism.""We will follow the facts. We will follow the law," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. "This defendant, if charged, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."President Donald Trump also commented on the incident, posting on social media: "These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, now. Hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA."The attack in Washington comes amid escalating tensions in the Israel-Hamas conflict as Israel plans a new offensive into Gaza following increased airstrikes and international criticism over food aid delivery to the region.

WASHINGTON —

Two Israeli embassy employees were shot and killed outside the in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. The FBI is investigating whether the attack was a hate crime.

30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, approached a group of four leaving an event outside the museum, shooting and killing two of them.

Police say Rodriguez then entered the museum, where security detained him, and he began chanting "Free, free Palestine," a phrase commonly used by anti-Israeli activists.

as Yaron Lischinsky and Sara Lynn Milgrim. The Israeli ambassador confirmed the two were a couple. Lischinsky had recently purchased an engagement ring and planned to propose to Milgrim next week. Milgrim was American, and Lischinsky was Israeli.

Video below: What to know about Israeli Embassy staff members killed at Jewish museum

"We will not tolerate this violence or hate in our city," Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press conference. "We will not tolerate any acts of terrorism."

"We will follow the facts. We will follow the law," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. "This defendant, if charged, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

President Donald Trump also commented on the incident, : "These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, now. Hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA."

The attack in Washington comes amid escalating tensions in the Israel-Hamas conflict as Israel plans a new offensive into Gaza following increased airstrikes and international criticism over food aid delivery to the region.

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