Man Who Died After Self-Immolation At Israeli Embassy Put Palestinian Fund In Will: Reports
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Aaron Bushnell, who set himself on fire to protest U.S. support for Israel’s assault on Gaza, left savings to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, news outlets report.
The U.S. airman who died after setting himself on fire Sunday in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., wrote a will allocating money to go to a Palestinian aid fund, according to news reports.
Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old member of the Air Force, specified in his will that he wanted his savings donated to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a nonprofit that has been delivering lifesaving medical relief and humanitarian aid to Gaza, The New Yorker and NPR reported.
Bushnell set himself on fire while wearing his military uniform as a protest against U.S. support for Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza, which has so far killed more than 29,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials.
He live-streamed his self-immolation and could be heard in the video screaming “Free Palestine!” as the flames engulfed him.
“I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force, and I will no longer be complicit in genocide,” Bushnell said in the video, moments before igniting the fire.
