Police beefed up security at schools and religious buildings across Washington Friday as the US capitol reeled from the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responds to the shooting in Washington, DC during a press briefing.

Pro-Hamas groups and other Iran-backed trolls hailed the barbaric murder of two Israeli embassy staffers at a Washington, DC Jewish museum as a “heroic attack” — claiming it was a justified

"This senseless hate and violence must stop."Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The couple were shot May 21 at about 9 p.m. as they exited the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum after the AJC’s annual Young Diplomats reception,

Combat Antisemitism Movement slams deadly shooting of two Israelis in Washington, DC, calling it a direct consequence of extremist incitement. 'This is what hate looks like when it turns violent.'