Overview

• Two Israeli Embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., in what the FBI has classified as a terror attack.
• The victims, who were engaged and attending an American Jewish Committee event, were identified by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who condemned the attack as a result of global antisemitic incitement.
• Elias Rodriguez has been arrested in connection with the shooting, though details about his motives remain under investigation.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt condemned the attack and criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s refusal to comment on the killings as "despicable."
• Omar, previously rebuked for controversial comments about Israel, declined to condemn the attack when questioned by reporters, prompting bipartisan backlash and renewed scrutiny of her past statements.