The NYPD will boost patrols around synagogues and other places of worship as New York City’s Jewish community prepares for Shabbat after two Israeli Embassy staffers were murdered in DC.

The NYPD is increasing its presence at religious sites and cultural institutions with high visibility patrols, heavy weapons teams and counterterrorism officers,” officials said.

The shooting claimed the lives of a man and women who worked at the Israeli Embassy and were about to be engaged, according to officials.

In response to the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, the Office of Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD held an online security briefing Thursday night to update the Jewish community on ongoing safety measures.

The parade, considered the largest celebration of its kind outside of Israel, kicks off at 11:30 a.m. and runs along Fifth Avenue between East 62nd Street and East 74th Street.

The shooting of Israeli Embassy staff in DC underscores the need for heightened security at Jewish landmarks, with NYPD leading in anti-terror efforts.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed in a post on X that the victims of the Washington, D.C., shootings, which took place at about 9 p.m. Wednesday less than a mile from the White House, were members of the "Israeli Embassy Staff."

The NYPD is sending its heavy-weapons teams, the Critical Response Command, to Jewish houses of worship and other sensitive locations in response to last night’s shooting of two Israeli government employees in Washington D.