According to the press, the head of state also indicated to contact Jewish leaders to transmit them security and asked that the vigilance be visible, for deterrence purposes.

An individual fired shots yesterday in the U.S. capital outside the Jewish Museum, an act that claimed the lives of two Israeli embassy officials.

Various reports from northern soil reflect that the perpetrator shouted at the time of the arrest “free Palestine.”

Although Israel tries to link what happened in Washington with harsh criticism and threats of sanctions from Europe for its crimes in the Gaza Strip, voices in Europe underline their condemnation of anti-Semitism and the difference between the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, labeled by many as genocide, and the Jewish people, and deny that repudiating the tragedy in Gaza is incitement.

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed sorrow for the victims and conveyed condolences to hjrr/is Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, and to the families.

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