By Wallace Mawire
The Israeli apartheid military occupation army has committed a massacre killing more than 29 Palestinians in its relentless airstrikes on Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, since dawn today. Israeli occupation also imposed a severe siege on hospitals in northern Gaza, preventing the entry of fuel and humanitarian supplies amid a relentless attack targeting displaced Palestinians, leaving thousands of civilian injured at risk of death, the Palestine Ambassador to Zimbabwe has said.
Ambassador Tamer Almassri has reiterated an urgent call for the international community and the United Nations to move beyond statements of concern and take decisive action to confront Israel’s occupation and escalating genocidal war crimes.
He said that the state of Palestine demands strong and concrete measures to pressure Israel into implementing the UN General Assembly resolution that endorses the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion calling for an end to the occupation within 12 months.
The Amb said that the State of Palestine calls for comprehensive sanctions targeting the entire settler-colonial system, holding all entities responsible for promoting or engaging in settler terrorism and systematic land annexation against the Palestinian people as fascist leaders who perpetuate war crimes in Gaza and Westbank.
He added that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 43,374 reported fatalities, while over 10 000 are still under the rubbles.102,261 individuals have sustained serious injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
