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A US Air Force member who set himself on fire outside of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC in protest of the Isreal–Hamas war has died, a US official said.
The news comes approximately 24 hours after emergency services responded to calls about the man setting himself ablaze outside of the embassy.
The man, whose identity is pending, filmed himself and live-streamed it onto the social media platform, Twitch, claiming it was an act to “no longer be complicity in genocide”.
Law enforcement officials successfully extinguished the flames, however, the man suffered life-threatening injuries and was in critical condition.
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