The body of Yaron Lischinsky, the Israeli embassy employee who was gunned down in an antisemitic attack in Washington, DC, Wednesday night, is expected to return to Israel on Friday, officials confirmed.

Lischinsky and his girlfriend Sarah Milgrim were shot dead in Washington on Wednesday night, in an antisemitic attack that's left the Jewish community in shock.

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Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night outside a Jewish museum in Washington, made his first court appearance this week, where a picture of the

Two members of the Israeli Embassy staff were gunned down outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, officials said.

Slain staffer Yaron Lischinsky had purchased an engagement ring and was planning to propose to his colleague Sarah Milgrim.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim hailed from different parts of the world, but their paths led them both to pursue careers in diplomacy and to the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC – where they found each other and fell in love.

WASHINGTON — As D.C. continues to grapple with Wednesday night’s violent shooting that left a couple dead in front of the Capital Jewish Museum, a memorial for the two Israeli Embassy staffers killed has been growing since the shooting.