Israeli ambassador meets with family of DC shooting victim
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter met this weekend with the family of Sarah Milgrim, one of the two victims killed at the Capital Jewish Museum shooting in Washington, D.C., last week.
Milgrim and her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, both Israeli Embassy staffers, were gunned down late Wednesday night while attending a reception hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, who was identified as a suspect, was apprehended at the scene and shouted 'free, free Palestine' as he was being detained.
'What are you going to solve a problem by shooting two beautiful kids in the back? What is that going to do? All it's going to do is bring more people together in a determined fashion to stand against this insanity, to stand against this violent kind of antisemitism, this violent approach to solving problems,' Leiter said in an interview with Fox4 that aired Sunday.
The FBI said it is investigating the shooting as an 'act of terror,' and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino added that the 'penalties will be harsh as we tighten up this investigation and run down any additional leads.'
During the interview, Leiter elaborated on the importance of meeting the family in Kansas City, Mo.
'When Sarah and Yaron fell, I understood that it was my responsibility as ambassador to call the parents and be the one to inform them. I did my best to comfort them on the phone. But comfort when you're announcing the worst of all is very difficult. So I wanted to follow through and fly out here to spend some time,' Leiter said.
'What we need to show is a lot of love, compassion, and understanding, and hopefully help the Milgrims begin the process of healing. The pain never goes away, but you learn how to live for the life that has been taken,' the ambassador added.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
13 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Musk's Dad Begs Him to End His ‘Alpha' Fight With Trump
Elon Musk's old man is offering his son some words of wisdom as he goes through a pretty heated breakup with President Donald Trump. Errol Musk, the tech billionaire's father, on Friday said he messaged his son urging him to fix the mess but reassured reporters that it won't be long before the duo will kiss and make up. 'I did send him a message… telling him, make sure this fizzles out,' he told Al Arabiya English Friday, adding the pair would 'of course' reconcile and it was nothing more than 'elephant bulls or alphas having a go at each other.' Still, he was disappointed with his son's reactive responses to the president, including when Musk dropped a bombshell claiming that Trump was included in the FBI's files on alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. 'I have no idea what he was thinking… I can only imagine that's just a silly mistake,' he said, calling Musk's post a result of stress. Despite his fatherly disappointment, he's not that worried about the heated feud between the special government employee and his ex-best friend. The exchange, he said, was little more than a clash of 'alphas.' The two went at each other's throats on Thursday over Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill‚' ending a four-month long bromance that rocked the White House and stirred up some unexpected scandals. From Musk's frequent drug use to his unprecedented power over the federal government, the world's richest man left the Trump administration after a 130-tenure that not even he could have predicted. According to Musk's father, the pair's heated, threatening, and at-times vicious exchange was just 'a bit silly' and driven by an exhausting past few months in power. He added that it will all 'fizzle out in a few days' despite the fact that Musk recently called for Trump's impeachment. 'When people have been through a great deal of stress… eventually people reach a point where they lash out,' Musk said. 'Even at the highest levels, people struggle to find common ground.' Musk's dad then launched into an existential analysis of the online spat, quoting the biblical line: 'let the innocent person cast the first stone.' The so-called 'silly' feud comes as Congress prepares to vote for a 'Big Beautiful Bill‚" that could upend the lives of rural Americans and cut off their access to lifesaving health insurance. Musk and his father have long been estranged, and the Tesla billionaire called him a 'terrible human being' in 2017. In Walter Isaacson's book about the pair, Elon Musk, he wrote that Musk found out over email on Father's Day 2022 that his dad had a child with his former stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout. Musk's father was married to Bezuidenhout's mother for 18 years and had two children before their divorce. 'The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce,' said Musk's dad. 'If I could have another child I would. I can't see any reason not to.' The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Musk has at least 14 children, including his son X ÆA-12, who was a regular at the White House before Musk and Trump's relationship blew up.
CBS News
21 minutes ago
- CBS News
Multiple immigration enforcement operations take place in Los Angeles
Immigration enforcement operations involving Homeland Security Investigations, the DEA and the FBI are underway Friday in the Westlake District, downtown Los Angeles, and South Los Angeles. Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe, a spokesperson for HSI said federal agents were executing search warrants in downtown Los Angeles related to the "harboring of people illegally in the country." Witness video and SKYCal aerial footage showed federal agents detaining people outside a Home Depot in the Westlake District, as well as outside a business in downtown LA. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said the department is aware that ICE is conducting operations in the city, but that it is not involved and will not assist in any sort of mass deportations. "I'm aware that these actions cause anxiety for many Angelenos, so I want to make it clear: the LAPD is not involved in civil immigration enforcement," McDonnell said. SKYCal footage over downtown LA shows both FBI and HSI agents responding as at least two people were detained outside Ambiance Apparel on Towne Avenue. A crowd of people and some protesters gathered outside the location as the alleged operation was being carried out. A third possible immigration operation also unfolded at a second Ambiance building in south LA near 15th Street and Santa Fe Avenue. U.S. Customs and Enforcement issued the following statement Friday morning regarding activity in Los Angeles: "To ensure the safety of our personnel, ICE does not confirm or discuss the existence or status of operations. The agency publicly announces the results of operations when appropriate," the statement said in part. The FBI also issued a statement when asked about immigration operations, saying the agency was supporting the Department of Homeland Security in immigration operations all over the country. "As we have been asked to do, we are sending Agents to participate in these immigration enforcement efforts. That includes assisting in cities where major operations are already underway and where we have special agents embedded on operational teams with DHS," the FBI said in a statement. CBS News Los Angeles has reached out to Ambiance for comment and is waiting for a response. This is a developing story.
23 minutes ago
Israel arming Gaza militias fighting Hamas, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed Israel is arming militias in southern Gaza that are opposed to Hamas. Netanyahu admitted to the arrangement after Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman, formerly the country's deputy prime minister and minister of defense, told the press about it on Thursday. "What did Lieberman leak? That on the recommendation of security officials we launched groups that oppose Hamas?" Netanyahu said during a press availability. "What is wrong with this? It's only good. it saves the lives of Israeli soldiers. But the publication of this is only good for Hamas." Netanyahu has faced internal criticism in Israel for the move, including from Lieberman, a long-time political rival. Aid distribution on indefinite pause The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation closed its aid distribution sites on Friday, without giving a date on when they would reopen, as Palestinians in Gaza remain at risk of extreme starvation and famine, the United Nations and other aid groups have warned. The GHF has previously paused aid delivery in Gaza earlier this week after several people died and were injured trying to reach the sites to obtain food, according to eyewitness reports on the ground, international aid organizations working in Gaza and the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. The majority of victims suffered gunshot wounds, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged they "carried out warning fire approximately half a kilometer from the aid distribution center, targeting a few individuals who were approaching in a way that posed a security threat," in a video statement by IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin. The GHF, a joint operation by the U.S. and Israel, is now the only major organization delivering aid in the war-torn Gaza Strip. The U.N. has said Aid distribution resumed at two sites on Thursday before being put on hold again Friday. The GHF asked people to stay away from the distribution sites for their "safety," it said in a post on social media on Friday. This comes after the Israeli government imposed an 11-week blockade on all humanitarian aid entering Gaza. The Israeli government said the blockade was put in place to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages being held in Gaza. Food distribution centers in southern Gaza have been overrun with thousands and thousands of Palestinians in search of food and medicine after the partial lifting of the Israeli blockade. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it has responded to five mass casualty incidents, four of which occurred in the last 96 hours alone in a statement Tuesday.
