A man set himself on fire Saturday during a pro-Palestinian protest near the White House in Washington
The Washington Post newspaper wrote about this that the protester was taken to the hospital with superficial injuries that do not threaten his life.
This demonstration was the first anniversary of the Palestinian Hamas movement’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent operation of the Israeli army’s iron swords against the Gaza Strip.
About 1,000 people gathered in the demonstration in the American capital. They carried posters with the slogan “Free Palestine calls for an arms embargo on Israel; Protesters also waved Palestinian flags.