Two staff members at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, were killed Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said.
“Two Israeli Embassy staff were senselessly killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington DC,” Noem said in a post on X. “We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share.”
Two people believed to be connected to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, were shot Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum, according to a source familiar with the situation and a law enforcement source. Another law enforcement source told CNN that two people were killed.
DC Police said its investigating a shooting across the street from the FBI’s Washington Field Office, which is located near the museum. The Israeli embassy is working with law enforcement.
The Israeli ambassador was not involved in the incident and was not at the location when the shooting happened, an embassy spokesperson told CNN.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on social media that she and acting US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro have arrived to the scene of the shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum.
Ted Deutch, the CEO of the American Jewish Committee, said his organization was hosting an event at the museum on Wednesday evening.
“We are devastated that an unspeakable act of violence took place outside the venue,” he said in a statement. “At this moment, as we await more information from the police about exactly what transpired, our attention and our hearts are solely with those who were harmed and their families.”
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon reacted to media reports of the shooting on Wednesday, saying in a statement on X, “The fatal shooting that took place outside the event that took place at the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC – in which Israeli embassy employees were also injured – is a depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism.”
Police are advising people to avoid the area in Northwest DC.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-embassy-jewish-museum-shooting-10307b3b1a2a337e76730736b12ebbcb
Who is this guy?
WOW damn I wonder how many people there were pissed off that aid wasn’t being let into Gaza lmao
Oh and HELP the people of Israel? HELLO??? My brother in Christ they have fucking Pilates classes and McDonald’s. How fucking dare you put them in the same fucking category as Gaza you piece of shit
The idea that embassy staff would be attending an event that had the central focus of criticizing Israeli policy(because their position is we should send essentially NO AID) is literally the dumbest shit ever.
Of course what this person actually means is “damn how can we send aid and make sure it doesn’t go to big bad hamas” “man this whole aid thing ah geeze this is so complicated what do we do????” When they very well fucking know that they can just quintuple the amount of aid coming in tomorrow without a problem.
These people are fucking demonic liars and the amount of lies we’re gonna hear broadcasted in the news tomorrow might be too much for me to handle I might just limit my consumption for the first day because I know that’s gonna be the worst one
helping israelis means them spending less time in their musty fuhrerbunkers when the rocket alarms go off