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Anti-Jewish attacks have increased since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in 2023, and have remained high during Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, according to groups that monitor hate crimes around the world.

Two staff members of Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead outside the district's Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, officials said.

A Chicago man has been arrested in connection to the slayings. The staff member was "shaken up but thankfully safe," Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement Thursday morning.

Two staff members at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, were killed Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum. Follow for live updates.

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

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