The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to an array of criminal charges.

Elias Rodriguez, 31, faces nine counts including murder of a foreign official and carrying out a hate crime resulting in death.

Federal prosecutors say he gunned down Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, a young couple who worked for the embassy, in May following an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.

Rodriguez allegedly then returned to the museum to identify himself as the shooter and was apprehended, saying "I did it for Palestine. I did it for Gaza.”

The couple’s killing roiled the nation’s capital and sparked outrage worldwide, as U.S. and global leaders rebuked the act as a showing of anti-Semitism.

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