Two Israeli Embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 28, were murdered in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night outside of an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.
Friends and colleagues are mourning the tragic attack, saying the couple — soon to be engaged — were “in the prime of their lives.”
The young couple was gunned down at close range when leaving the American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS Young Diplomats Reception around 9:10 p.m. The shooter, 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, was detained by police and shouted “Free Palestine,” according to police and a viral video of him in custody. Rodriguez said he “did this for Gaza” in the moments after the shooting, according to Sky News.
“The entire embassy staff is heartbroken and devastated by their murder,” the Israeli embassy to the United States posted to X. “No words can express the depth of…
