The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he was “shocked by a terrible, anti -Semitic” shooting at the employees of the Israeli Embassy in Washington. TASR reports according to AP and AFP reports.
According to Netanyahua, Wednesday’s shooting in the American metropolis is the result of “wild incitement” towards Israel. The Israeli Prime Minister also added that, given the events, he ordered ensuring increased security for representatives of Israeli diplomatic missions around the world.
“We are witnessing the result of terrible anti -Semitism and wild incitement against the state of Israel,” stated. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described on Thursday in response to shooting in Washington as a “terrorist attack”, DPA quotes. “Israeli officials are constantly exposed to increased risk worldwide – especially in these times,” he said in the Platform X’s post.
At the same time, he assured that his country was in close contact with the US authorities. “Israel will not be in front of terror,” added. A man who fatally shot two employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US on Wednesday in Washington was detained by police. The suspect shouted during the arrest: “Freedom of Palestine“, Informed AP.
Was detained was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriquez of Chicago, Illinois, wrote the daily The Times of Israel (Toi). According to Reuters, the victims of shooting are a man and a woman. They lost their lives in a locality near the Jewish Museum, branches of the US Federal Investigation Office (FBI) and the Federal Prosecutor Office.
According to the Israeli Embassy, the victims formed a couple and soon they were going to engage in Jerusalem. Israeli Embassy spokeswoman in Washington Tal Naim Kohen said that Two of his employees were shot from a near distance when leaving the event held in the Jewish Museum. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government has launched a new phase of the military offensive in the Gaza band, which increased international pressure to Tel Aviv, recalls AFP.
