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.

Learn about the tragic deaths of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum and its community impact.

Yoni Kalim was at the American Jewish Committee event on Wednesday night at the Capital Jewish Museum and spent time with Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim before they were tragically gunned down.

Ron Prosor said that Yaron Lischinsky represented Judeo-Christian values and set an example for young people around the world.

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.

On Wednesday evening, two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in the nation’s capital were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum.The American Jewish Committee confirmed that the two homicide victims were Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.

Yaron Lischinsky, who was murdered together with his girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, in a terror attack in Washington, DC, will be laid to rest in Israel following a short memorial service.

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The image of a happy couple projected on a screen at the Jewish Community Campus Thursday night was one people around the world have seen, but it felt painfully close for those who sat in the social hall.

Israeli Embassy 'shooter' Elias Rodriguez has been charged with the murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim and could face the death penalty if convicted