Overview

• Two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were fatally shot outside a Jewish museum in Washington on May 22, 2025.
• The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, was detained at the scene and charged with first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials, and firearms offenses.
• Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar blamed European leaders for fostering anti-Semitic incitement, which he linked to the attack.
• France rejected Saar's accusations as 'outrageous and unjustified,' intensifying diplomatic tensions between Israel and European nations.
• US President Donald Trump condemned the shooting as an anti-Semitic act and called for an end to such violence.