IsraAID, an Israel-based humanitarian organization, said the Washington, DC event whe

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated on Wednesday that there could be more Arab countries formalizing diplomatic relations with Israel within the coming months, as the administration continues to prioritize expanding regional normalization, especially with Saudi Arabia, according to AFP.
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rubio expressed optimism about the trajectory of these diplomatic efforts. “I think we may have good news, certainly before the end of this year, of a number of more countries that are willing to join that alliance,” Rubio said, referring to the Abraham Accords.

A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison. William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg was sentenced in Tampa federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in February to sending an interstate transmission of a threat to injure. In 2021, Braddock and U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were both candidates in the primary election to represent the 13th Congressional District of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. Luna eventually won the primary and later the general election. She was re-elected last year.

Israeli politicians blamed Thursday night’s fatal terror attack in Washington D.C. on antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric around the world and many also placed blame on Israeli leftists such as Democrats chairman Yair Golan, who made irresponsible, outrageous, and false statements about Israel on Tuesday, insinuating that IDF soldiers “kill babies as a hobby.” Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu from Otzma Yehudit responded to the attack by saying: “Yair Golan’s blood libels are echoed by Nazis and Israel haters around the world. We’re now paying the price for them with the murderous attack in Washington, and history teaches us that we will continue to pay in the future.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released a statement on Thursday morning about the fatal terror attack outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening which took the lives of a young couple, Yaron Lischinsky Hy”d, and Sarah Milgrim, H’yd. In the statement, Netanyahu said that he was updated on the details of the “horrifying antisemitic murder” by Israeli Ambassador to the US  Yechiel Leiter and US Attorney General Pam Bondi. The latter said that US President Donald Trump is involved in managing the event, and America will bring the murderer to justice. “Attorney General Bondi asked to convey her condolences to the families of the young couple who were due to become engaged soon,” the statement said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is “shocked by the horrifying antisemitic murder” of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, and has ordered heightened security at Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide. He said he was briefed by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who vowed the attacker would be brought to justice. Netanyahu thanked Bondi and President Donald Trump “for standing clearly against antisemitism,” and added, “We are witnessing the terrible price of antisemitism and the wild incitement against the State of Israel.

This appears to be the first publicly released image of Elias Rodriguez, the shooter who murdered two Jewish victims outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, in a targeted antisemitic attack Wednesday  night.

The first victim identified in tonight’s terror attack in Washington, DC, is Yaron Lischinskyb HY”D, a research assistant for Middle East & North African Affairs at the Israeli Embassy. Originally from Germany, he made Aliyah at the age of 16.