The US Air Force late in the day Sunday confirmed that one of its own active duty members was the man who set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC in order to protest the Gaza war.
While in military uniform, the man was heard saying he “will no longer be complicit in genocide” and then self-immolated, an act recorded in live-streamed video which has since been removed from his Twitch channel. The US Air Force issued a statement through a spokesperson saying “I can confirm an active duty Airman was involved in today’s incident.”
The man has not been officially identified, but he was heard saying that his name is “Aaron Bushnell”. He had also been recorded as saying that what he’s about to do was minimal compared with the suffering and plight of the Palestinians, according to CNN.
