PNN – The killing of Israeli embassy staff in a shooting outside the Jewish Museum in Washington has sparked widespread reactions.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Reuters, the shooting outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, which resulted in the killing of two Israeli embassy employees and the wounding of several others, has prompted a reaction from American and Israeli officials.
US President Donald Trump wrote in a message on his social network called “Truth Social”: These horrific killings in DC, which are clearly based on anti-Semitism, must stop now!
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He added: Hate speech and extremism have no place in America; Condolences to the families of the victims. It is sad that such things happen. May God bless you all!
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the shooting in Washington and the killing of employees of the Tel Aviv embassy in the US capital “shocking.”
In a statement from Netanyahu’s office, the shooting was described as “horrific and anti-Semitic”!
The Israeli Prime Minister wrote in the statement: We are witnessing the terrible cost of anti-Semitism and brutal incitement against Israel. The price of bloodlust against Israel is blood, and it must be fought to the last breath.
He also said that he had ordered Zionist diplomatic institutions around the world to tighten security measures.
Isaac Herzog, President of the Zionist regime, said: What I saw in the American capital devastated me.
The Israeli Foreign Minister also announced that he was in contact with American officials following the incident and warned that Israeli diplomats, especially in the current circumstances, are more at risk than ever.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also reacted to the incident in X, noting that authorities will pursue the perpetrators, writing: This is brazen, cowardly, and anti-Semitic violence. Make no mistake; we will pursue the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
US Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noam wrote in a post on the social network “X”: We will bring this evil agent to justice for his actions!
US Attorney General Pam Bundy and District of Columbia Attorney General Jeanine Piro, as well as Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter, were present at the scene of the shooting.
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Tel Aviv, described the attack as a “horrific act of terrorism”!
Danny Danon, Tel Aviv’s ambassador to the United Nations, described the shooting as a “vicious anti-Semitic act of terrorism”!
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said: I am in contact with American officials regarding the attack on our embassy staff in Washington. Israeli representatives are always in danger, and at this time they are particularly at increased risk.
Two Israeli embassy employees were killed today following a shooting outside a ceremony at the Jewish Museum in the US capital.