PNN – Two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot dead.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing the New York Times, two Israeli embassy employees were killed following a shooting outside a ceremony at the Jewish Museum in the US capital.
For the people of Gaza
American media released images of the moment Elias Rodriguez, a 30-year-old Chicago suspect, was arrested in the shooting incident in front of the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.; Rodriguez is seen shouting at the moment of his arrest: “Liberate Palestine”
ABC News reported, citing investigators, that Elias Rodriguez repeatedly made statements in defense of Palestine during interrogations, emphasizing that he did this for the people of Gaza.
Danny Danon, Tel Aviv’s ambassador to the United Nations, described the shooting as a “vicious anti-Semitic act of terrorism”!
Local media reported that a man and a woman affiliated with the embassy were killed in the shooting, and several others, including other Israeli embassy staff, were injured.
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Trump: It’s horrible.
US President Trump called the attack and killing of Israeli embassy staff in Washington “horrific.”
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!
He said: 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!
Herzog: I was devastated.
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.