Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2293, Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025

1. Five martyrs in an Israeli strike targeting a civilian car southwest of Gaza**

Five Palestinians were killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a civilian vehicle near the Al-Nabulsi junction, southwest of Gaza City, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement concluded with Hamas on October 10, 2025.
Medical sources reported that ambulance crews recovered the bodies of the martyrs from the targeted vehicle and transferred them to one of the city’s hospitals, noting that the strike completely destroyed the car.

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**2. Gaza Health Ministry: Death toll of the Israeli genocide rises to 70,654**

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that the death toll from the Israeli genocide since October 7, 2023, has risen to 70,654 martyrs and 171,095 wounded.
This came in a statement issued by the ministry, which noted that 277 martyrs were added to the cumulative statistics after their data was completed and officially approved by the “Martyrs Verification Committee.”

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**3. Gaza Civil Defense: The tent policy is unacceptable and the time has come for reconstruction**

The spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense confirmed that the Strip has gone through an extremely difficult and catastrophic phase amid the recent severe weather conditions, stressing that all evidence experienced by citizens proves that tents cannot be a safe place to live.
He explained that the entry of caravans into the Strip must go hand in hand with the reconstruction process, emphasizing that the time has come for the international community to take action and begin rebuilding Gaza.
The Civil Defense spokesperson stressed that the policy of tents is categorically rejected, calling on donor countries and mediators to refrain from bringing them into the Strip.

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**4. Settlers attack citizens’ property in the West Bank under heavy protection from the occupation army**

Settler gangs stormed a number of villages in the occupied West Bank under the protection of occupation forces, attacking citizens’ property and seizing land.
Today, settlers assaulted shepherds in Khirbet Jinba in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and prevented them from accessing grazing lands.
Earlier today, groups of settlers also stormed the Al-Qarn Al-Minya area east of the town of Sa’ir in Hebron Governorate, amid ongoing escalation in the area in recent times.
These incursions come as part of a series of settlement activities aimed at strengthening settler presence around the town, further restricting residents’ ability to carry out daily life and access their lands.

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**5. Occupation uproots 1,608 olive trees in the West Bank in one week**

A Palestinian report documented that occupation authorities uprooted approximately 1,608 olive trees in various areas of the West Bank between December 4 and 11.
The report, published by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture, showed a notable escalation in attacks by settlers and the occupation army against Palestinian farmers across West Bank governorates.
It revealed that the total number of damaged trees reached 1,608 olive trees, including 477 trees in Hebron Governorate alone in the southern West Bank.

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**6. UN report: Settlement expansion in the West Bank reaches its highest level since 2017**

A report issued by UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated that Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank reached a record level this year since the UN began systematic monitoring in 2017.
In the document sent to members of the Security Council, Guterres said: “Overall, plans were submitted, approved, or tenders opened for approximately 47,390 housing units, compared with about 26,170 in 2024,” noting an average of around 12,800 settlement units annually between 2017 and 2022.
He added: “I condemn the continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which continues to fuel tensions, prevents Palestinians from accessing their land, and threatens the viability of a contiguous, independent, democratic, and fully sovereign Palestinian state.”

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**7. Protests against the occupation’s participation in Eurovision in several European cities**

Several European cities witnessed large demonstrations, including Nicosia in Cyprus, organized by activists and solidarity groups with Palestine, demanding the permanent suspension of the occupation’s participation in the EU’s “Horizon” program.
Protesters raised slogans calling on the EU to divest from the apartheid regime and impose sanctions, affirming that the global solidarity movement will continue taking to the streets until justice is achieved.
The Horizon program is the EU’s largest funding program for research and innovation across scientific and technological fields, providing substantial funding to institutions, universities, and companies, including Israeli ones.
Protesters argue that Israel’s participation in the program may be exploited to support companies and research linked to the occupation and illegal settlements in Palestinian territories, considering its continued inclusion a violation of international law and EU human rights standards.

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**8. Protests in front of McDonald’s in Belgium for Gaza**

They knocked on its windows and doors… Protesters called for a boycott of McDonald’s during pro-Palestine demonstrations in the Belgian capital Brussels, due to the company’s involvement in supporting the occupation during the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

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**9. Protests against an Israeli team in Italy**

The Italian city of Bologna witnessed protests against the Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv ahead of the EuroLeague basketball match between Virtus Bologna and Hapoel Tel Aviv as part of the 15th round of the competition.

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**10. Britain threatens to withdraw funding from the ICC if Netanyahu is arrested**

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan revealed that the British government threatened to suspend funding to the court and withdraw from the Rome Statute if the court proceeded with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Khan stated that the threat came during a phone call he received on April 23, 2024, from an unidentified British official, with media reports suggesting the caller was likely then-Foreign Secretary David Cameron.
Khan added that he also received threats from a U.S. official, including Senator Lindsey Graham, warning that enforcing the warrants could lead to “catastrophic consequences.”
Despite these pressures, Khan emphasized that the court had received no signals from Israel regarding “potential cooperation or changes in behavior,” and insisted on responding firmly through a 22-page memorandum supporting the issuance of the warrants.

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**11. Expected mass actions against Coca-Cola worldwide**

Friends of Al-Aqsa Association launched a new campaign to boycott Coca-Cola and its group of brands, including Costa Coffee, Fanta, Sprite, and Smartwater, starting Saturday until December 19.
The campaign protests the company’s operation of a factory in the illegal Israeli Atarot settlement built on confiscated Palestinian land, in addition to providing free beverages to the occupation army.
The campaign calls on the public to take individual and collective action by contacting the company’s CEO, signing a pledge not to purchase its products, participating in protests outside Costa Coffee branches and distribution trucks, and distributing leaflets outside mosques and shops.

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**12. Disruption of a recruitment event at a London university hosting companies complicit in the Gaza genocide**

Students from the Student Action for Palestine group disrupted a recruitment event held at University College London (UCL) after the careers fair provided a platform for companies directly involved in enabling genocide.
The students’ action came in rejection of attempts to present these companies as “normal” career opportunities despite their role in supporting the Zionist machinery of extermination.
The event included BCG, which played a central role in designing the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” an aid system that, according to human rights reports, was used to lure starving civilians into areas of mass killing in Gaza.
Deutsche Bank also participated; it is one of the leading investors in the Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems, which produces lethal drones used to target homes, hospitals, and civilians in the Strip.
The company is one of the largest suppliers of advanced extermination technology to the Israeli army.
The event also included Allianz Insurance, which provides financial coverage for Elbit Systems, ensuring its continued operation and expansion, and granting it economic protection that enables the ongoing manufacture of weapons used in Gaza.

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**13. Swedish students and academics call for an academic boycott inside parliament**

Students and academics from several Swedish universities held a seminar inside the Swedish Parliament calling for an immediate academic boycott of the Zionist apartheid regime, as part of escalating movements within European academic circles in support of Palestinian rights.
The seminar was attended by several members of parliament who listened to participants’ interventions on the complicity of Zionist academic institutions in supporting occupation policies, and the role of academic boycotts in pressuring an end to ongoing violations and crimes against the unarmed Palestinian people.
Speakers emphasized that European universities must assume their moral responsibility by severing research and academic cooperation with institutions complicit in supporting the occupation, and by supporting global efforts to end the apartheid system.

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**14. PSC launches initiative to divest local councils from companies complicit in genocide**

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in Britain launched a new initiative calling on local council members across the UK to commit to “defending the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,” five months ahead of local elections.
The campaign, titled “Councillors’ Pledge for Palestine,” aims to push the local political system toward a fundamental shift in support of the Palestinian cause, following research revealing extensive financial links between local councils and the Zionist army.
According to PSC, pension funds managed by councils invest more than £12.2 billion in companies “directly complicit” in the genocidal war on Gaza, which the International Court of Justice has affirmed amounts to crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing.

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**15. ‘Thousand Madleens to Gaza’ fleet announces preparations for a new flotilla in early 2026**

The “Thousand Madleens to Gaza” coalition announced the start of preparations to launch a new maritime flotilla toward the Gaza Strip in the first months of 2026.
Organizers said the move comes as part of ongoing efforts to break the illegal Zionist blockade imposed on the Strip for years.
The coalition stated that the upcoming flotilla will be “historic” in terms of participation, stressing that the continued bombardment, deliberate starvation, land seizure, and crimes against Palestinians make “continued struggle a duty,” following the path of international civilian flotillas launched in recent months.
The statement added that organizers pledged to send successive flotillas “until the illegal blockade on Gaza is broken, the genocide—now in its third year—ends, and the Palestinian people are able to attain their freedom and right to self-determination.”

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**16. German police assault Palestine solidarity protesters**

Footage shows German police assaulting demonstrators supporting Palestine in the capital, Berlin.