An American soldier has gone on a hunger strike in front of the White House to protest the Joe Biden administration’s support for the Israeli offensive against the United States. Gaza Strip until there is “real change” in his country’s foreign policy.

Larry Hebert, 26, is a member of the United States Air Force, and last Monday at midnight he decided to go on a hunger strike, limited to water, because he believes that Doing nothing means sending the “wrong signal to society.”

“I’m not going to continue doing my job as long as it means causing harm to civilians,” he said in statements to EFE This Thursday, a soldier admitted that on the fifth day without food he became “weak” and without the “adrenaline” of the first days.

“Acting pilot refuses to eat while Gaza is starving” can be read on the accompanying double-sided poster, in which he also denies his “complicity in genocide.”

Hebert plans to continue this action until something important happens, such as “a ceasefire or end to the siege”, so He hopes his message will reach “concerned people.” in military mediation and the US military.

The pilot regrets the lack of support for Gaza among military personnel, but believes that perhaps his colleagues’ fear of the conversation occurs out of fear of “possible consequences” or “simple ignorance.”

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“The military must we must protect and help humanitarian causes. What is happening in Gaza violates international law, and I do not want to support the crimes they are committing,” the pilot said.

Another Air Force serviceman, 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, died in late February. after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washingtonwhich is also a sign of “extreme protest” against the Israeli offensive and the complicity of the US government.

The 25-year-old who was active at the time of the event was from San Antonio, Texas, and could be seen in a video posted on social media: in uniform he doused himself with flammable liquid.

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Just this Thursday, in a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden warned for the first time that US support for the Gaza offensive will depend on the specific steps Israel takes to protect civilians and humanitarian workers.

This is their first conversation since seven volunteers from World Central Kitchen (WCK), the organization of Spanish chef José Andrés, killed in Israeli attack on Gaza Strip. (EFE)