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The two Israeli Embassy staffers who were set to be engaged before they were gunned down by a pro-Palestinian gunman outside the Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday night have been identified.
Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim were fatally shot in the street as they left the American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS Young Diplomats Reception just after 9 p.m. in Washington, DC.
“Yaron and Sarah were our friends and colleagues. They were in the prime of their lives,” the Embassy of Israel to the USA wrote on X.
“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 can express the depth of our grief and horror at this devastating loss. Our hearts are with their families, and the embassy will be by their side during this terrible time.”
Lischinsky planned to propose to Milgrim during a trip next week in Jerusalem, Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said before their identities were made public.
He bought the ring this week, Leiter added.
The couple both worked out of the Israeli Embassy in DC.
Lischinsky served as a research assistant in the embassy’s Political Department since September 2022 after serving three years in the Israel Defense Forces, according to his LinkedIn.
Milgrim, who earned degrees from the University of Kansas and American University, worked in the embassy’s Department of Public Diplomacy since November 2023, her online profile stated.
They were killed when suspected gunman Elias Rodriguez opened fire on a group of four people outside the museum.
Rodriguez was detained inside the building and shouted “Free, Free Palestine,” during his arrest.
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