内容摘要：“We’ve also withheld funding from those varied campuses as well in an effort to combat anti-Semitism. So the president has made it very clear that such hatred will have no place in our country.”

“We’ve also withheld funding from those varied campuses as well in an effort to combat anti-Semitism. So the president has made it very clear that such hatred will have no place in our country.”

She also tied the shooting to Trump’s crackdown on anti-Semitism, which has largely focused on antiwar student protesters demonstrating against Israel’s war on Gaza.“Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked thousands of student visas from campuses where these pro-Hamas terrorist campus agitators and violent protests took place,” Leavitt explained.

“We’ve also withheld funding from those varied campuses as well in an effort to combat anti-Semitism. So the president has made it very clear that such hatred will have no place in our country.”Israeli officials also strongly condemned the incident, describing it as a “despicable act of hatred”. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the shooting: “We are witnessing the terrible price of anti-Semitism and the wild incitement against the State of Israel.“I have instructed to enhance security arrangements at Israeli missions around the world and to increase protection for state representatives,” Netanyahu said.

On Thursday, reactions and condolences poured in from other countries as well.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the shooting a “heinous act” in a post on X, adding that at the moment “we must assume there was an anti-Semitic motive”.

Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign policy chief, said: “Shocked by the shooting of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington DC. There is and should be no place in our societies for hatred, extremism, or antisemitism. I extend my condolences to the families of the victims and the people of Israel.”

In the United Kingdom, Foreign Secretary of State David Lammy said: “Horrified by the killing of two Israeli Embassy staff in DC. We condemn this appalling, antisemitic crime. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and colleagues at this awful time.”The Israeli ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told reporters the young staffers were a couple “about to be engaged”.

“The young man purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem,” Leiter revealed.What do we know about the suspect, Elias Rodriguez?

The suspect has been identified as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, Illinois. Following his arrest, his home was searched by police.Rodriguez has been charged with two counts of murder, causing death with a firearm and discharging a firearm in a crime of violence.