The ambulance was trying to extinguish the fire burning in Bushnell's body, who burned himself in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington in rejection of the genocide in Gaza.

Aaron Bushnell was an ordinary soldier in the US Air Force before February 25 of this month, and after this date he became an icon worldwide, especially in the Arab world.

Bushnell opened a live broadcast on the Twitch platform and set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, wearing his military uniform and chanting, “I will no longer be complicit in genocide,” in protest and condemnation of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which has entered its 144th day, and has led to many massacres committed by the occupation. Israeli forces against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

The clip spread like wildfire on Arab and Western social media platforms, and the Aaron Bushnell hashtag topped the trending list in several Arab and foreign countries.

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide” 😢 This is the message of Aaron Bushnell, the American soldier who burned himself to denounce the crimes of the Israeli entity in Gaza 😢 #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/4f81KeRobO

- Adel Karim DZ 🇩🇿 (@AdelkarimDZ) February 27, 2024

Bloggers likened Bushnell to the young Tunisian man, Mohamed Bouazizi, who burned himself in protest against the municipality’s confiscation of his cart on which he was selling vegetables. He became an icon and spark of the Arab Spring.

Others wondered: Will Aaron Bushnell be the “Boazizi” of the world order?

Will it be the spark that awakens Arab consciousness?

Will #Aaron_Bushnell #AaronBushnell be “Bouazizi” of the world order??


Will it be the spark that awakens the mummified Arab consciousness????


Will #AaronBushnell #AaronBushnell “Bouazizi” of the world order??


Will he be the spark that awakens the mummified Arab consciousness????

pic.twitter.com/BMmIH2FZgT

- Ahmed Al-Rafai (@Alhamlili_Rafai) February 27, 2024

Followers shared some of what was circulated in the American media about Bushnell setting himself on fire in protest against his country’s support for Israel in the war of genocide against the people of Gaza, saying: “Rare moments in the American profitable media: reading everything that soldier Aaron Bushnell said about the reasons for setting himself on fire in front of the entity’s embassy. Note that the man is a white young man from the state of South Texas and serves in the Air Force, meaning that all elements of support for the entity failed to conceal the truth of the genocide against the people of Gaza.

Rare moments in the American profitable media: Reading everything that soldier #AaronBushnell said about the reasons for setting himself on fire in front of the entity’s embassy.

Note that the man is a white young man from South Texas.

He serves in the Air Force: That is, all the elements of support for the entity failed to hide the truth of genocide pic.twitter.com/iHhWBKCFl2

- Samar D Jarrah (@SamarDJarrah) February 27, 2024

Bloggers pointed out that despite all the attempts of the profitable media to obscure and deny the gravity of the meaning of what Aaron Bushnell did on domestic politics in America, his name topped the trending list for several hours on the X platform in America, and bloggers wondered what the effects of this operation would be on young people who are enthusiastic in favor of the Palestinian cause and against the war. Genocide in Gaza?

Some followers commented by saying that what Bushnell did was great, as he sacrificed his life for the people of Gaza, and they described him as a noble human being who presented a message that other countries, organizations, and peoples were unable to provide.

#AaronBushnell


“I will no longer be an accomplice to genocide. Free Palestine”

What this noble human being did, who presented a message that we as countries, organizations and peoples were unable to deliver, was to burn himself and burn with it what remained of our face, if it was in it at all.


He sacrificed his life for the suffering of the people of Gaza, and we are in our humiliation and weakness, crying over… pic.twitter.com/OjQwo1QIhu

- Sultan Talib Jassim Al-Anazi 🔻🔻 (@Sul6an_T) February 27, 2024

Others described Bushnell as an icon of honor and freedom, and that this operation would change a lot in American policy, and would increase pressure on Washington to stop its support for Israel.

Bloggers said that by burning himself, Bushnell wanted to revive the consciences of Americans and remind them of all the human principles and values ​​that America used to sing about, and which turned out to be a victim that was killed and burned by Biden and the American veto, according to someone’s description.

By burning himself, #Aaron_Bushnell wanted to revive the consciences of Americans and remind them of all the humanitarian principles and values ​​that America sang about, and which it turned out to have become a victim of, being killed and burned by the criminal Biden and the terrorist American veto. #Aaron_Bushnell #Free_Palestine pic.twitter.com/bUGskNzzNh

- Soldier Commander 1 (@salhalqq) February 27, 2024

#Aaron_Bushnell, the soldier who burned himself in protest against the genocide in Gaza, screaming, “Free Palestine,”


has passed away. This person has gone, sacrificing himself due to his inability to continue his life, unable to stop the genocide.


The icon of humanity has passed away. May your soul rest in peace. I will not neglect to pray for you, with my prayers for our people in Gaza. May God have


mercy on your kind soul. pic .twitter.com/bpP42C0Nw1

- Gaza hala (@huda54112445811) February 26, 2024

Others mentioned the American activist Rachel Corrie, who defended Palestinian land after it was run over by Israeli tanks, and yesterday, Air Force soldier Aaron Bushnell, setting his body on fire while chanting #Free Palestine, denouncing his country's military support for the Israeli war of annihilation in Gaza.

American activist #Rachel_Corey defended Palestinian land when it was run over by a Zionist bulldozer. Soldier #Aaron_Bushnell of the Air Force set fire to his body while chanting #Free Palestine, denouncing his country’s military support for the war of genocide.


It is an American humanitarian radiance.


The clip is by the scholar Mortada Al Mahtouri talking about the American activist pic.twitter.com/UuRw7cVWrf

- Kawthar Al-Sharafi |

Kawthar AlSharafi (@KawAlSharafi) February 27, 2024

In the same place where American officer Aaron Bushnell burned himself, demonstrators organized a protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, rejecting the war on Gaza.

In the same place where American officer #Aaron_Bushnell burned himself... demonstrators organize a protest in front of the Israeli embassy in #Washington in rejection of the war on #Gaza pic.twitter.com/c3tsiqW9LP

- Aljazeera.net • Al Jazeera Net (@AJArabicnet) February 27, 2024

The Israeli embassy was the target of ongoing protests against the war on Gaza in the United States and many parts of the world.

Source: Al Jazeera + social networking sites