Aaron Bushnell claimed he had secret knowledge of US troops fighting in Hamas tunnels under Gaza just hours before setting himself on fire in an "extreme act of protest" against Israel, a close pal told The Post on Tuesday.
Aaron Bushnell the Air Force engineer who died hours after lighting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in DC on Sunday was a 25-year-old wannabe IT expert who hailed from a tiny Massachusetts town.
Protesters burned Israeli flags outside the DC embassy at a vigil for Aaron Bushnell, the US airman who set himself ablaze in a fatal pro-Palestine protest.