A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, police said.

A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday afternoon, according to the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington.

U.S. Secret Service officers extinguished the fire outside the embassy, ​​in northwest Washington, around 1 p.m., said Vito Maggiolo, a spokesman for the city’s fire department. The man was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries and remains in critical condition.

Police also examined a suspicious vehicle nearby for explosives, but Sean Hickman, a police spokesman, said the crash scene was cleared by 4 p.m. Secret Service agents and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had worked with Washington’s explosives. recovery unit to investigate the incident.

No embassy staff were injured, and all were hospitalized, according to Tal Naim, a spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy in Washington.

The embassy has been the scene of ongoing protests against the war in Gaza, as the death toll among civilians in the devastated enclave continues to rise, with more than 29,000 dead, local health ministry officials said.

In December, a protester set himself on fire in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, in what police said was “likely an extreme act of political protest.”