Two US anti-Gaza War protesters have set themselves on fire.
On 25 February, a serving member of the US air force, a 25-year-old white Christian anarchist, Aaron Bushnell, set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC. He died seven hours later.
Using his smartphone, Bushnell livestreamed his protest on Twitch. He said: ‘I will no longer be complicit in genocide.’
After he set himself on fire, he screamed: ‘Free Palestine.’
On 1 December, an unnamed woman with a Palestinian flag set herself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, Georgia.
She is still in hospital in critical condition, the Atlanta fire rescue department told the US Sun on 26 February.
A security guard was seriously injured attempting to put out the fire and rescue her.