The President led U.S. lawmakers in condemning the killings and said they were "based obviously on antisemitism."

Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., told reporters the two victims were a couple about to become engaged.

The man charged with killing two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.” Elias Rodriguez also shouted “Free Palestine,

Those responsible for the fatal attack against two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday will be prosecuted to the "fullest extent of the law," according to the White House.