WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM >> Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, D.C., while leaving an event outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, and the suspect chanted “Free Palestine” after he was taken into custody, officials said.

The suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington was charged Thursday with murder, as international tensions over anti-Semitism erupted over the attack.

The suspect in the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C. has been charged with first-degree murder.

International tensions over anti-Semitism escalate after two Israeli embassy staffers are shot dead in US capital Washington.

May 22 (UPI) -- The suspect accused of shooting to death two Israeli Embassy staff members on Wednesday night was charged with first-degree murder in federal court on Thursday.

The victims were about to get engaged.

Two people tied to the Israeli embassy were murdered in a shooting attack near an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, Wednesday night.

Two Israeli embassy staffers, committed to Israel-Palestinian dialogue and about to get engaged, were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night and a suspect who chanted pro-Palestine slogans was in custody, officials said.

Ireland's Taoiseach and Tánaiste have offered their sympathies after Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were killed in Washington, DC.

Chicago-born Elias Rodriguez, the sole suspect in the Wednesday shooting that killed two Israeli embassy aides in Washington, was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday, as FBI and police investigators…

Israel’s president has condemned the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington as a "despicable act of antisemitism"

The suspect shouted “free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said.

Police have identified the suspect as Elias Rodriguez of Chicago.

The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, was charged with gunning down two Israeli Embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington. Here is what we know about him.

FBI and police investigators on Thursday pored over apparent writings and political affiliations of a man arrested as the lone suspect in the fatal shooting of a pair of Israel embassy aides outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. The Chicago-born suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 30, is accused of opening fire…

S Jaishankar issued a strong condemnation following the fatal shooting of two Israeli diplomats 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.

A 30-year-old Chicago man has been charged with the murder of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington DC.

Man shouts "Free Palestine" after fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington D.C., charged with murder.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter connects the deadly shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers to the global rise in antisemitism on 'Special Report.'

Two Israeli Embassy staff, couple Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. See live updates here.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” federal authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in the killings they called a targeted act of terrorism.Elias Rodriguez, 31, shouted “Free Palestine” as he was led away after his arrest, according to charging documents that provided chilling new details of the Wednesday night shootings in the nation's capital that killed an American woman and an Israeli man who had just left an event at the museum. They were set to become engaged. The stunning attack prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security and lower their flags to half-staff. It came as Israel pursues another major offensive in the Gaza Strip in the war with Hamas that has heightened tensions across the Middle East and internationally, and that law enforcement officials have repeatedly warned could inspire violence in the U.S.Rodriguez…

Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith confirmed that before the shooting, Rodriguez was discovered pacing outside the museum.

Jonathan Epstein describes the fear and similarities between the Israeli embassy shooter and Columbia, questioning the impact of protest rhetoric.