Two employees of the Israeli embassy shot in front of DCS Capital Jewish Museum

Two employees of the Israel Embassy in Washington, DC, were shot on Wednesday evening outside the Jewish Jewish Museum of District, the officials said.

The suspect called “Free, Free Palestine” and “implied” in police custody that he had committed the shootout, said Pamela Smith, chief of police from Washington. It was identified in early 30 when Elias Rodriguez in Chicago.

In custody, he told the authorities, where he threw the gun away, added Smith. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that after the arrest there was no active threat to the community.

The victims were named by the message as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram. Previously, Yechiel Leader, Israel's ambassador in the United States said that they were a couple in one evening.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had to increase security increases for Israeli missions and representatives around the world.

He offered his condolences to the victims and said: “My heart mourns the loss of the families of the young lovers, whose life was canceled by a hideous anti -Semitic murderer in a moment.”

The victims left the museum, where an event was held when they were shot down around 9 p.m., said Head. Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, confirmed in a statement that the group organized the meeting.

The man had driven back and forth outside the museum when he approached a group of four and opened the fire with a pistol, said Smith. Then he entered the building where he was arrested, she said.

A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington, Tal Naim Cohen, described the victims as two employees and added that “they were shot in a Jewish event this evening”.

Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador in the United Nations, described the incident as a “spoiled act of anti -Semitic terrorism”.

“To damage the Jewish community, crosses a red line,” he said on X.

The shootout takes place more than 18 months after Israel launched a bomb campaign and a ground invasion in Gaza after October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel by the Hamas militants, in which more than 1,200 people were killed and hundreds of further hostages were taken.

Israel's counter-offensive killed more than 53,000 people in Gaza, many of them women and children, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza. International auxiliary groups and governments have also warned against the risk of famine in the enclave. Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid to pursue a three -month blockade.

“Free Palestine” has become a popular chorus among followers of the Palestinian thing.

“The couple who was shot down this evening on behalf of 'Free Palestine' is a young couple who will be engaged,” he said at a press conference on the late evening. “The young man bought a ring this week to suggest his girlfriend in Jerusalem next week.”

President Donald Trump condemned violence.

“These terrible DC murders, which are obviously based on anti -Semitism, now have to end, now! Hate and radicalism have no place in the United States. Severe condolence to the families of the victims. So sad that things like that can happen!” He said on social media.

Attorney General Pam Bondi offered the victims to X. prayers.

“We will do everything in our power to protect all citizens, especially tonight, our Jewish community,” said Bondi at the press conference. She added that Jeanine Pirro, the preliminary US lawyer of Washington, will pursue the case.

Other US officials have also convicted the shootout. Kristi Noem, secretary of the home protection authority, said the victims were “senselessly killed”, and Chuck Schumer, Dn.Y., who is Jewish, called “another terrible instance of anti -Semitism, which, as we know, in our society, as we know, is too widespread”.

Kash Patel, director of FBI, said the agency worked with the police to learn more and asked for prayers for the victims and their families.

Steve Jensen, deputy director, who is responsible for the FBI FBI field office, said his team worked on determining whether the shootout may have been irritating or possibly an act of terrorism.