Palestinian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Dr Tamer Almassri
BY MUNYARADZI BLESSING DOMA
The State of Palestine Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Dr Tamer Almassri has strongly condemned Israel’s latest expansion of its illegal military boundary deeper into the Gaza Strip, a move that has further compressed the living space of a population already pushed to the edge of survival.
In a statement, Dr Almassri said the Israeli forces now exert control over 70 percent of the entire Gaza Strip, leaving barely 30 percent of the enclave, a fraction of already devastated land for more than two million people.
“The accelerating assault on Palestinian life is not in isolation, but as part of a deliberate, coordinated campaign by the Israeli fascist leadership to erase the Palestinian people from their homeland.
“Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza has, since October 2023, claimed the lives of more than 73,000 people and left more than 173,000 others injured. Approximately 90 percent of Gaza’s infrastructure has been destroyed schools, hospitals, water systems, roads and homes,” said Ambassador Almassri.
It is said the State of Palestine also condemns settler terrorism and violence in the West Bank which has escalated to unprecedented levels, with the United Nations recording an average of six attacks per day in 2026.
“These organized campaigns which include arson, shootings and village raids supported by fascist Israeli leaders aims to intimidate Palestinians and displace communities to pave the way for de facto land annexation.
“We call on all states and multilateral institutions to take practical and enforceable measures to halt forced displacement, to ensure the protection of civilian life, and to implement comprehensive sanctions against the Israeli state for its ongoing violations of international humanitarian law,” added Ambassador Almassri.
