Washington DC shooting: suspect in custody after two Israeli embassy staff killed near Capital Jewish Museum – latest updates

Homicides are under investigation, police say during press conference, after fatal shooting of man and woman

• Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum – homeland security secretary

The shooting comes as Israel’s allies have demanded it allow food and medical aid into Gaza, where it has killed and maimed tens of thousands of Palestinians, mostly women and children, in its war on Hamas.

Late on Wednesday the UN said Israel had allowed in 90 aid trucks – some of the first since it imposed an extra tight blockade on the occupied territory since March but only a fraction of what is needed to prevent an imminent famine.