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Last year, he was accused of joining two others to set fire to American and Israeli flags outside the Israeli Consulate in Midtown.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Russian Telegram channels reported that the wreckage of the drone fell in a residential area and set fire to cars.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 20 July 2025
Just this week, scores of residents in Marchand Dessalines, a rural community in the Artibonite region, were forced out of their beds by armed gangs who invaded the community and set fire to the local police station before they were repelled by a self-defense group.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
In the occupied West Bank, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited a Palestinian Christian village where residents say extremist Israeli settlers set fire to the Church of St. George on July 9.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Russian Telegram channels reported that the wreckage of the drone fell in a residential area and set fire to cars.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 20 July 2025
Just this week, scores of residents in Marchand Dessalines, a rural community in the Artibonite region, were forced out of their beds by armed gangs who invaded the community and set fire to the local police station before they were repelled by a self-defense group.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
In the occupied West Bank, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited a Palestinian Christian village where residents say extremist Israeli settlers set fire to the Church of St. George on July 9.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
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“Set fire to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20fire%20to. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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