Hundreds of Tunisians took to the streets of the capital and launched a symbolic siege of the U.S. Embassy, in fierce protest against Washington’s direct support for Israel’s ongoing genocide and starvation campaign in the Gaza Strip.

The action, dubbed the "Siege of the U.S. Embassy," was organized by the Coordination for Joint Action for Palestine and the Tunisian Network to Confront the Normalization System, in response to the near two-year-long war waged by the Israeli occupation against Gaza’s civilian population — a war marked by mass killings, starvation, and the deliberate destruction of all means of life.

According to the organizers, the siege will continue for several days, with no end date set, and will escalate if humanitarian aid is not allowed into Gaza.

“We called for this siege because the situation in Gaza is beyond unbearable. Mass murder and forced starvation are being committed daily, and the world watches in silence,” said Ghassan Al-Hanshiri, member of the Coordination for Palestine, speaking to Anadolu Agency.

He stressed that the protest directly targets the U.S. as "the main partner and enabler of the Zionist entity."

“The American enemy is complicit. This embassy represents the power financing and covering up genocide, so we are here to confront it until the siege on our people is broken.”

Dozens of demonstrators surrounded the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy compound, waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans against American imperialism and Israeli war crimes.

“Every image we see from Gaza — the dead children, the starving babies, the bombed hospitals — forces us to stand here and resist. This is not a symbolic act; it’s part of the broader resistance,” Al-Hanshiri added.

Wael Nawar, spokesman for the "Caravan of Steadfastness" and also a member of the organizing coalition, reaffirmed the political demands of the protest.

“We demand an immediate end to the genocide and the opening of all crossings into Gaza. The U.S. administration holds the key to ending this bloodshed — and we know that clearly.”

Nawar also called on the Tunisian government to take concrete action.

“We demand the closure of the U.S. Embassy in Tunis and the expulsion of its ambassador. We also urge the suspension of all joint military exercises with the American army until Washington stops its criminal support for Israel.”

He concluded with a warning that mobilization in Tunisia will not stop:

“As long as the genocide continues, we will stay in the streets. This siege is just the beginning — and we will not be silent accomplices.”