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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

Aaron Bushnell walks towards the gate of the Israeli embassy in Washington on February 25, 2024 [Screengrab/Al Jazeera]

A member of the United States air force who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington in an apparent protest against Israel’s war in Gaza has died, the Pentagon says.

The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio, Texas, died from his injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, said on Monday.

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