A man shot a couple on Wednesday evening working at the Israel Embassy in Washington, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.
While an event was ended with the Jewish Museum capital in the northwest of the state of Washington, a Homm opened fire on a group of four people with a handgun, reports the news agency Reuters. Two people were killed “at close range”: Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a “young couple about to get engaged”, according to the Israel ambassador to the United States. Both worked at the Israel Embassy in Washington.
The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 30, was arrested. He had been seen by the hundred steps in front of the museum before the shooting. He said he acted “for Gaza”. The Israeli Diaspora affairs minister announced that Yaron Lischinsky, 28, was one of the victims in a message published on X. According to his profile Linkedinthe young man was a research assistant for the affairs of the Middle East and North Africa in the Embassy political department since September 2022.
He expressed his will to “expand the circle of peace with our Arab neighbors”, advocating “interreligious dialogue” and “intercultural understanding”. “I firmly believe in the vision stated in the Abraham agreements”, can also be read on its profile.
Yaron and Sarah Were Our Friends and Colleagues. They were in the prime of their lives.
This Evening, A Terrorist Shot and Killed them as they exit an Event at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC.
The Entire Embassy Staff is Heartbroken and Devastated by Their Murder. No words pic.twitter.com/2hytkdp8fr
– Embassy of Israel to the USA (@israelinusa) May 22, 2025
Yaron Lischinsky wanted to ask for his partner in marriage
Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, told journalists that the young man killed “bought a ring this week with the intention of asking for his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem”.
His partner, Sarah Milgrim, was an American Jewish employee of the Israeli Embassy in the United States. The young woman joined the department of public diplomacy within the establishment in November 2023. Holder of a master’s degree in international affairs of the American University in addition to a master’s degree in natural resources and sustainable development of the University for Peace, in Costa Risa, she was passionate about the consolidation of peace, religious commitment and the environment, she wrote on her Linkedin page. She who qualifies as “dynamic professional”, had notably worked with Tech2peace in Tel Aviv and conducted research on geopolitics in Israel and Palestine.
“Yaron and Sarah were our friends and colleagues,” tweeted the embassy, reports The Times of Israel. “They were in the age flower. Tonight, a terrorist killed them while they were coming out of an event at the Jewish museum in the capital, in Washington.” Kristi Noem, the internal security secretary of the United States, assured that the investigation was underway in a message posted on the social network X.