2 Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in Washington Shooting
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X / Embassy of Israel to the USA / @IsraelinUSA ... at Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington, May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two people dead.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said his country’s embassies are on “high alert” following the fatal shooting of two embassy staff members in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
The body of Yaron Lischinsky, the Israeli embassy employee who was gunned down in an antisemitic attack in Washington, DC, Wednesday night, is expected to return to Israel on Friday, officials confirmed.
Several Jewish organizations and Chicago officials held a press conference Friday to condemn the fatal shooting of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, Israeli Embassy staffers, on Wednesday night as they were leaving an event at a Jewish museum.