The incident occurred this Sunday and before dying he shouted: "Free Palestine." Emergency teams went to the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday shortly before 1:00 p.m. local time.

Local media reported that the subject, who was wearing a uniform, was apparently broadcasting live on the social network Twitch. The death toll in Gaza from Israel's response is approaching 30,000, most of them civilians, according to the Ministry of Health of the Hamas-ruled area, increasing international pressure on the United States to stop its traditional ally.