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Secretary Rubio, Meeting Spain's Foreign Minister, Condemns Assassination of Israeli Embassy Couple

May 22, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 0:01:25

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What happened

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares at the Department of State on May 22, 2025, according to the State Department video.

Asked for comment on a tragedy that had taken place that night, Rubio said the United States had spoken to the Israelis and called the killing a terrible, horrifying assassination of a young, beautiful couple by a radical, as he described the attack. He said more would be learned about the individual later, and that the person had waited around after the shooting because they wanted to get caught and make a statement, as he stated it.

Rubio said the attack shows the danger of radicalization inside the country taken to that level, and said he had spoken earlier that day with Prime Minister Netanyahu and been in touch with the embassy, offering deepest condolences to the family, as he stated the outreach.

Why it matters

A brief meeting spray that became the Secretary’s first on-camera reaction to the embassy-staff killings, framing them as domestic radicalization as well as an attack on Israelis.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, “Secretary Rubio Meets with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares”, 2025-05-22 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-05-22). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.