(JNS) Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed on Wednesday evening outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. They were in the prime of their lives,” the Israeli embassy wrote on X. FBI agents cordon off the scene outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two Israeli embassy staff members dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025. “Horrified by this morning’s terrorist attack, in which two of our embassy staff in Washington, D.C., were murdered. This is a despicable act of hatred, of antisemitism, which has claimed the lives of two young employees of the Israeli embassy.