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SvennoJ on 22 May 2025
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US security chief says 2 killed in Washington shooting, both Israeli embassy staff

Two people have been shot tonight in an attack outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. The Trump administration’s homeland security director, Kristi Noem, has now confirmed that the victims, Yaron Lishinsky and Sarah Milgrim, both of whom were Israeli embassy staffers, have died.

"We will bring this depraved perpetrator to justice,” Noem wrote in a post on X.


Washington police chief says shooting suspect in custody

Washington police chief Pamela Smith said officers have arrested a suspect following the murder of two Israeli embassy staff members outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC.

Smith said the suspect was seen pacing outside the museum before the shooting. Following the attack, security detained the suspect and handed them over to police. Smith said the suspect chanted “Free, free Palestine” in custody.

Israeli embassy in Washington spokesman, Tal Naim Cohen, confirmed that two staff members were shot “at close range” while attending a Jewish event at the museum.


https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/dc-israeli-embassy-shooting-victims


Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim met when she started working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington in November 2023

The victims of the Washington, D.C. terror attack were identified as Israeli embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, who were on their way back from a conference at the Jewish Museum. The two had planned to get engaged next week in Jerusalem. 

The two had planned to get engaged next week in Jerusalem. Yaron, a Christian, had immigrated from Germany to Israel at age 16 and served in the IDF, later becoming a diplomat.

The attack took place overnight (Wednesday into Thursday), when eyewitnesses reported that the terrorist, wearing a keffiyeh, shouted “Free Palestine” before opening fire at close range on the embassy staff. According to reports, two other embassy workers were injured in the shooting and were taken to the hospital for medical treatment. The attack occurred at 9:30 p.m. local time, near the site of the conference and just a few blocks from the Washington, D.C. police headquarters.