Israeli foreign minister identifies victims of shooting outside embassy in Washington
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a research assistant, and Milgrim organized visits and missions to Israel.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a research assistant, and Milgrim organized visits and missions to Israel.
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00:00Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sarr on Thursday identified two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington
00:06who were killed in a shocking shooting outside a Jewish cultural event,
00:10calling the incident a terrorist attack fueled by rising anti-Semitic rhetoric worldwide.
00:15The victims were fatally shot Wednesday evening as they left an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
00:21Ambassador Huckabee updated me on the intensive investigations underway by several government agencies
00:28into this act of terrorism.
00:32The most senior officials in the American law enforcement system are closely monitoring this investigation.
00:39Israeli and U.S. officials have condemned the attack,
00:42which comes amid escalating global tensions related to the conflict in Gaza.
00:45This is the direct result of toxic anti-Semitic incitement against Israel and Jews around the world
00:55that has been going on since the October 7th massacre.
00:58The Palestinian leaderships continue to seek an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem,
01:05territories Israel occupied in the 1967 war.
01:08However, deepening conflict and lack of dialogue have left both sides for the entrenched
01:12and the events like Wednesday's shooting are raising alarms about the global reach of the crisis.