Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who worked for the Israeli Embassy, were identified as the victims of a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

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.

Before they were killed by a gunman outside a Washington Jewish museum, Yaron Lischinsky had planned to make a formal proposal of marriage to Sarah Milgrim in Jerusalem next week. As their deaths late Wednesday intensify the international spotlight on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza,

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim hailed from different parts of the world, but their paths led them both to the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC – where they fell in love.

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.

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

The two people gunned down outside a Jewish museum in Washington D.C. Wednesday were young Israeli Embassy staffers who were soon to be engaged.

The two people shot and killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington were young staffers at the Israeli Embassy who were soon to be engaged.

Two members of the Israeli Embassy staff were gunned down outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, officials said.