He was initially transported to hospital with “important life-threatening accidents.
Washington:
An energetic member of the US Air Drive has died after setting himself on hearth exterior the Israeli embassy in Washington over the weekend in protest of the struggle in Gaza, the Pentagon stated Monday.
Emergency responders on Sunday had rushed to the scene simply earlier than 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in response to a “name for individual on hearth exterior the Israeli Embassy,” based on a message on X, previously Twitter, by the capital metropolis’s hearth division.
They arrived to seek out that officers from the Secret Service — the US legislation enforcement company tasked with defending embassies in Washington — had already extinguished the fireplace.
The person had filmed himself shouting “Free Palestine” as he lit himself on hearth, based on footage shared on social media.
He was initially transported to hospital with “important life-threatening accidents,” the fireplace division stated.
An Air Drive spokeswoman instructed AFP Monday morning that the unnamed “particular person concerned in yesterday’s incident succumbed to his accidents and handed away final night time.”
“We’ll present extra particulars 24 hours after next-of-kin notifications are full.”
A spokesperson for the Israeli embassy stated no employees have been injured within the incident, and that the person was “unknown” to them.
Within the video shared on social media, the person is seen carrying army fatigues and declaring he’ll “not be complicit in genocide” earlier than dousing himself in liquid.
He then lights himself on hearth whereas yelling “Free Palestine!” till he falls to the bottom.
The video was reportedly first shared in a dwell stream on the social platform Twitch.
The surprising act got here as protests are rising throughout the USA in opposition to Israel’s actions in Gaza, the place it’s waging a retaliatory struggle for an assault on October 7 by Hamas militants.
With the dying rely in Gaza nearing 30,000, based on the Hamas-run well being ministry there, worldwide stress has been rising on the USA to rein in its ally Israel and name for a ceasefire.
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