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An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, in apparent protest of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which he described as a “genocide.”_ --- Feb 27, 2024 4:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [U.S. Troops Fire Tear Gas at Protesters Outside the Embassy in Baghdad](/video/4ErkN8vU/) ### U.S. Troops Fire Tear Gas at Protesters Outside the Embassy in Baghdad [A South Korean Man Died After Setting Himself on Fire Outside the Japanese Embassy](/video/Vo9FXRYR/) ### A South Korean Man Died After Setting Himself on Fire Outside the Japanese Embassy [An Explosion Has Been Reported Outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing](/video/mF1KXBns/) ### An Explosion Has Been Reported Outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing --- ## Transcript Is the secretary is following the situation. I know the Air Force has confirmed the airman's death. They do plan to provide additional information 24 hours after next of kin notifications are complete. It certainly is a tragic event. And we do extend our condolences to the airman's family in terms of the incident itself Tara as you know, the DC metropolitan police department has the lead for responding to questions about that incident. So so anything on that I'd have to refer you to to them. The secretary concerns of this might indicate that there's a deeper issue maybe the US military being a military personnel have been concerned about how weapons and support for Israel's the music the volume think Ava will look for Department of Defense standpoint since Hamas has brutal attacks on October 7th. We've been focused on the four key areas that the secretary set out from the onset that's protecting us forces and citizens in the region is supporting Israel has inherent right to defend itself from terrorist attacks working closely with Israel to support and secure the release of hostages from a mosque and ensuring that the crisis the conflict between Hamas and Israel doesn't escalate into a broader regional conflict. And so those objectives are what continue to inform our approach to the situation in the Middle East. And as we talked about before while our support for Israel's inherent right to defend itself is Ironclad. We've also continued to actively communicate our expectations that is real take civilian safety and humanitarian assistance into account into their operation. You see that incorporated into every conversation the secretary has with his counterpart in Israel as well as other us officials and we expect them to continue to adhere to the law of armed conflict International humanitarian law and will continue to do that. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Pentagon Responds to U.S. Airman Fatally Setting Himself on Fire in War Protest Outside Israeli Embassy","description":"An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, in apparent protest of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, which he described as a “genocide.”\n\n","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0JDvJvRo/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-02-27T15:08:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0JDvJvRo.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/0JDvJvRo/","duration":"PT1M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/0JDvJvRo/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```