They awaited a day adorned with roses and perfume, sweetened by cake and sealed with a ring- a moment they had long dreamed of, counting down to its arrival with hearts full of hope. The young couple, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were among those gunned down by 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago. According to Washington, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith, Rodriguez opened fire on a group of four people, killing two. While being detained, he allegedly chanted, “Free, free Palestine.”
Yaron Lischinsky And Sarah Milgrim
Yaron and Sarah were colleagues at the Israeli embassy in Washington. They had visited the Capital Jewish Museum during a peaceful evening when everything seemed calm and normal. According to Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, the couple were about to get engaged next week. Yaron’s father said that he had bought a ring to propose to Sarah next week. “The couple that was gunned down tonight in the name of ‘Free Palestine’ was a young couple about to be engaged,” he said in a statement. “A young man purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem. They were a beautiful couple.”
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“They were a beautiful couple out for an evening in Washington’s cultural center”
Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter: the victims were about to be engaged — the young man had bought a ring just this week and planned to propose in Jerusalem next week 💔 pic.twitter.com/Ud2GhO0Irc
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The shooting happened outside the museum on Wednesday evening. Officials have not linked the suspect to any known extremist groups. The investigation is ongoing. United States President Donald Trump condemned the shooting, stating that there was no place for hatred and antisemitism in the US.
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 exited 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
What Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Said
“We are witnessing the terrible price of antisemitism and the wild incitement against the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said. “The blood libels against Israel are costing us blood and must be fought relentlessly.”
“My heart aches for the families of the beloved young man and woman, whose lives were cut short by a heinous anti-Semitic murderer,” he said in a statement. “I have ordered security arrangements to be boosted in Israeli diplomatic missions around the world and around representatives of the state,” he added.
