{"id":4983,"date":"2024-02-27T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T08:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2024-02-27T16:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T08:30:41","slug":"u-s-airman-dies-after-setting-self-on-fire-in-protest-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=4983","title":{"rendered":"U.S. airman dies after setting self on fire in protest of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An active-duty airman of the U.S. Air Force who set himself on fire on Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington to protest the Jewish state&#8217;s military operation in Gaza has died, the Pentagon said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u56fe\u7247-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u56fe\u7247-8.png 780w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u56fe\u7247-8-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u56fe\u7247-8-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Force spokeswoman Rose Riley said the man had &#8220;succumbed to his injuries and passed away last night. We will provide additional details 24 hours after next of kin notifications are complete.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Department said on X that they responded to a call about a person on fire outside the embassy just before 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, and found the flames extinguished by the Secret Service&#8217;s uniformed division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airman, wearing a military uniform, filmed the protest in front of the embassy. &#8220;I will no longer be complicit in genocide,&#8221; he yelled, referring to Israel&#8217;s military operation in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Free Palestine,&#8221; screamed the airman as he poured liquid on himself and set himself on fire, before collapsing on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was transferred to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, D.C. Fire and EMS said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airman has been identified by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident came as the Israel-Hamas conflict is set to enter the fifth month, amid growing pressure, including from the United States, that urges Israel not to conduct a ground operation in southern Gaza, where over 1 million Palestinian civilians now reside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An active-duty airman of the U.S. Air Force who set himself on fire on Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington to protest the Jewish state&#8217;s military operation in Gaza has died, the Pentagon said on Monday. Air Force spokeswoman Rose Riley said the man had &#8220;succumbed to his injuries and passed away last night. 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