The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” federal authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in the killings they called a targeted act of terrorism.

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Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yarn Lischinsky, 30, were leaving an event at the museum hosted by the American Jewish Committee when the gunman opened fire, authorities said. The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 30, from Chicago, chanted, “Free, free Palestine” as police hauled him off in handcuffs.

Sources revealed that Rodriguez, well known to Chicago police as a left-wing rabble rouser, traveled to Washington, D.C., on a United Airlines flight.

Two Israeli embassy staff members were fatally shot as they exited the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, authorities and officials said.

When New York City’s leading Democratic mayoral candidates convened Thursday evening for a Jewish town hall, many of their minds were on another city. The event took place about a month before the June 24 primary that is likely to decide the city’s next mayor.

Baltimore Jewish leaders and residents are “shocked,” “heartbroken” and “outraged” about two Israeli Embassy staff members being gunned down in Washington on Wednesday night.

The man and the woman were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum near Penn Quarter, Washington DC, and police have warned members of the public to avoid the area