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Friday, May 23, 2025
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Friday, May 23, 2025
Body of Yaron Lischinsky to be flown to Israel today
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Yaron Lischinsky, 28, an employee of the Israeli Embassy in the US, killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Instagram)
The body of Yaron Lischinsky will be brought to Israel later today for burial, the Foreign Ministry says.
Lischinsky was killed alongside his partner, Sarah Lynn Milgrim, in a shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night.
Both were employees at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.
The Foreign Ministry says Lischinsky’s family will receive his body at the airport alongside ministry representatives.
Both the ceremony at the airport and the funeral will be closed to the press and photographers.
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