A deadly shooting near Washington’s Jewish Museum has left two Israeli diplomats dead, with the suspect reportedly referencing Gaza during the attack.
Two employees of the Israeli embassy—a man and a woman—were shot and killed near the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening during an event organized by the American Jewish Committee for young diplomats.
Washington police identified the suspect as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, Illinois.
Authorities stated that Rodriguez had no prior criminal record. According to eyewitnesses, he fired approximately 10 shots at close range and remained near the scene until police arrived.
US media reported that Rodriguez was heard shouting “Free Palestine” and “I did it for Gaza” during the incident.
The FBI confirmed that Rodriguez is under joint investigation by local police and a federal counterterrorism task force. They said he appeared to have acted alone and that no ties to any organization have been found.
Two employees of the Israeli embassy—a man and a woman—were shot and killed near the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening during an event organized by the American Jewish Committee for young diplomats. pic.twitter.com/ZtGKNvetW1
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 22, 2025
Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith noted that there is currently no intelligence indicating the incident was part of a broader terrorist plot or hate crime.
US President Donald Trump condemned the killings, describing them as “undoubtedly motivated by antisemitism.” Writing on Truth Social, Trump stated: “Hate and extremism have no place in the United States.”
Israeli and US officials reacted strongly to the incident. Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon called it an “anti-Semitic terrorist act,” adding that targeting diplomats and the Jewish community “crosses a red line.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the attack reflected “hatred and antisemitism” that took the lives of Israeli representatives.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced the shooting as “a brazen act of cowardly, antisemitic violence,” pledging that those responsible would be brought to justice.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said the incident highlighted the dangers faced by Israeli diplomats, especially during heightened global tensions.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid also called the shooting “a horrific murder and antisemitic terrorist act,” linking it to growing incitement in global protests.
(PC, AJA)
Israeli ambassador says targeting diplomats crosses a red line and calls this killing terrorism. Who bombed Iran’s consulate in Lebanon? Israel. Why did they do it? ‘Anti-terrorism’! The reasoning of a lunatic. Or someone so twisted by hatred and brainwashing that he is incapable of reasoning normally. Israeli apartheid should classified an incurable mental desease. Hopefully terminal.
That is totally right. The zios bombed the Iranian consulate in Syria and claimed it was a “secret military building disguised as a civilian structure”. But do you know what I find even more ironic? Just yesterday, the zios fired live ammunition towards a delegate of 25 diplomats just because they felt like it. Today, Zionists are moaning and whining about their two killed “diplomats”. Karma might be a b*tch, but definitely a fair b*tch.
I also agree: false flag in a desperate effort to “sugar off” the insane (but typical) Zionists firing live ammo towards to 22 (or 25?!) diplomats, not to mention a very Zionist terrorist genocide including “Death to the Arabs!” – very anti-semitism. Also very convenient a “Elias Rodriguez” – an obviously sounding “beaner” name (in Trump’s mind). By now, we live in a life of propaganda and “narratives”. Free Palestine! Resistance! Liberation!
Sad but true. We live in a world where truth and lies are so entangled that it is hard to decipher which is which. Yes, Zionists might have staged this shooting to shift the attention from their crimes. It is also clear that they will deploy this to invigorate their mandate of “perpetual victimhood”. On the other hand, we are witnessing the first “live-streamed” genocide, and the horrors we’ve seen are enough to make anyone snap. Thus, It is not a far-fetched scenario to assume that this man opted indeed to shoot those two “israelis” as a way to avenge Gaza. In the end, I think time will tell us which narrative is the correct one.
US President Donald Trump condemned the killings, describing them as “undoubtedly motivated by antisemitism.” Writing on Truth Social, Trump stated: “Hate and extremism have no place in the United States.”
Oh, how convenient; now Trump blames antisemitism. All the scumbag Israeli politicians cried antisemitism too. How predictable.
The people in Palestine and Gaza are Semites. And, it was reported, if it’s even true, that he did it because of what
” Israel ” has done. For all we know this kid was in a trance: MK Ultra, and did it because he was programmed to do it just so the ZioNazis have a reason to keep killing babies. I question the timing of it with everything else that’s going on.
The world has to stop! Stop putting Judaism, such a small and insignificant religion, on a pedestal and raising it above all other religions. Stop making anti-Semitism worse than hatred against any other religion. Stop equating anti-Zionism, or anti-Israel sentiment, with anti-Semitism. Stop the hypocrisy of expressing such outrage against the assassination of two representatives of Israel’s neo-Nazi government and yet expressing no such outrage against the daily slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians including thousands of children. Stop enabling Israel to conduct its own holocaust and genocide. Stop Netanyahu’s personal war on Gaza. Stop it all!
Genocidal zios brazenly commit genocide against Palestinians and then want to play victim! They are committing every possible war crime with total impunity, including bombing Lebanon, Syria and Yemen in addition to Gaza and the West Bank. They are planning to bomb Iran in yet another blatant violation of international law.