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US homeland security chief Noem set to visit Israel for memorial for slain embassy staffers
Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is expected to arrive in Israel by tomorrow morning, following last week’s shooting attack on two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, DC.
Noem will participate in a memorial ceremony tomorrow alongside Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in honor of the murdered embassy employees, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, after which a tree will be planted in the young couple’s memory, according to a statement from Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
Sa’ar and Noem will also meet privately, before delivering joint statements together with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, adds the ministry.
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