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 response to the war in Gaza.
The pro-Hamas Gaza Now media group celebrated suspect Elias Rodriguez, 31, as an ally against Zionism and welcomed the violent attack that killed soon-to-be-engaged couple Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, the Middle East Media Research Institute reported.
“In a moment of courage, he decided to make his voice heard and boldly confront the killers,” the group wrote on Telegram, referring to the embassy workers, one of whom was working to get more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“He opened fire, killing an Israeli employee, and stood defiantly, handcuffed, to raise the banner of justice in the face of injustice,” the group added.
Lischinsky and Milgrim had both worked on projects hoping to bring about peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and the event they were attending included a discussion about facilitating aid into Gaza.
The pro-Hamas group was joined by the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement in celebrating the attack.
The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement — whose military wing held slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two toddlers, Ariel and Kfir — echoed that the shooting was evidence of the “growing global anger” against Israel over the war in Gaza.
