Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2307, Date: Sunday, December 28, 2025

1. 29 martyrs in 48 hours raise the death toll of the genocide in Gaza to 71,266**

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported the arrival of 29 Palestinian martyrs at hospitals in the territory over the past 48 hours, including 25 whose bodies were recovered from under the rubble, in addition to 8 injured.
The ministry stated that the total number of martyrs and injured since the start of the genocidal war launched by the Israeli occupation against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, has risen to 71,266 martyrs and 171,219 injured.

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**2. International calls for the release of Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya and Gaza’s medical staff**

Activists and human rights organizations have renewed their calls for the release of dozens of healthcare workers who remain detained by Israeli occupation forces.
These calls come ahead of the first anniversary of the abduction of Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya by the occupation army from Kamal Adwan Hospital, which he was managing in northern Gaza.
The organization “Code Pink” said: “We will not forget Dr. Abu Safiya, nor the more than 360 healthcare workers whom Israel abducted from Gaza since October 2023.”

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**3. Unprecedented escalation of abuse against male and female prisoners in occupation prisons**

The Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club warned of a dangerous escalation in the systematic repression carried out by the Israeli prison administration against prisoners, including women and children, as part of policies aimed at tightening control and breaking their will.
The two institutions explained, based on dozens of legal visits conducted during December 2025, that repression has become one of the main tools of the prison system and has seen an unprecedented escalation since the start of the genocidal war. No prisoner has been spared assaults that resulted in injuries of varying severity, most of them fractures, particularly to the ribs.

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**4. Government Media Office: fragile infrastructure and occupation measures threaten Gaza with a humanitarian catastrophe**

The head of the Government Media Office, Ismail Al-Thawabteh, warned of a potential humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip with the arrival of the current weather depression, stressing that the fragility of infrastructure caused by genocide and ongoing destruction by the occupation leaves residents exposed to serious risks.
Al-Thawabteh stated that heavy rainfall, strong winds, the possibility of flooding in low-lying areas, and the accumulation of water in residential neighborhoods near valleys and drainage channels dangerously complicate the humanitarian situation. He emphasized that the conditions of those affected remain difficult and complex, especially in light of the continued aggression and its direct repercussions.

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**5. Settlers assault citizens in the northern Jordan Valley**

A group of settlers assaulted citizens during their raid on the Al-Malih community in the northern Jordan Valley.
The director of the Ambulance and Emergency Department in Tubas, Nidal Awda, reported receiving a call about a child being injured after being beaten by settlers.
He added that Israeli occupation forces in the area, accompanying the settlers, prevented the ambulance from reaching the site.

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**6. Arrest of elderly amputee Saeed Al-Amour from the West Bank**

“In the West Bank, Israeli occupation forces arrested the elderly amputee Saeed Al-Amour from Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, while he was confronting a settler attack on his home in Khirbet Al-Rakiz.”

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**7. Protest in Leicester, UK, against ‘Elbit’ and in support of ‘Felton 24’**

Activists organized a protest in front of the Clock Tower in central Leicester, UK, against “Elbit Systems” for supplying weapons to Israel, considering the company complicit in the occupation’s crimes in Gaza.
Dozens of people took part, holding signs supporting detainees of the “Felton 24” group, some of whom have been on hunger strike since November 2025, demanding their immediate release and an end to the targeting of anti-occupation activists.
The protest coincided with similar actions in other cities, where participants stressed the need to hold companies and states accountable for supporting the Israeli war machine and to convey messages of solidarity with the Palestinian people. This protest is part of a broader movement in the UK to boycott, support Palestinian rights, and oppose international complicity in humanitarian violations.

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**8. Launch of a hunger strike in support of Palestine Action hunger strikers inside UK prisons**

The group “Prisoners for Palestine” called for broad solidarity actions in support of hunger-striking detainees held in the UK without trial, as part of a campaign to pressure authorities to meet their demands.
The group confirmed that the solidarity hunger strike will last for 24 hours on December 27 and 28, under the slogan “Freedom for all political prisoners,” explaining that the aim of the initiative is to confront censorship, isolation, and injustice, and to ensure detainees’ rights to communication.

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**9. Storming of Westfield Stratford City in the UK in protest against the genocide**

Hundreds of pro-Palestine activists entered Westfield Stratford City shopping center in London to protest the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza.
They also called on the British government to release the “Felton 24” group supporting Palestine, as reports indicate that some of them are on hunger strike while in detention.

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**10. Demonstration in Sweden rejecting continued Israeli violations in Gaza**

The Swedish capital, Stockholm, witnessed a protest demonstration rejecting Israel’s continued violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
Hundreds of people gathered in Odenplan Square in Stockholm in response to calls from several civil society organizations to protest Israel’s targeting of Gaza.
Participants carried Palestinian flags and banners condemning the killing of children in Gaza, the bombing of schools and hospitals, and demanding adherence to the ceasefire and an end to famine.

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**11. Calls to boycott Mondelēz International in India over investments linked to the genocide**

The Boycott Movement in India called for a boycott of “Mondelēz International,” citing the company’s announcement on November 10, 2020, of an initial seed investment in Torr FoodTech, an Israel-based startup developing proprietary food technologies.
The movement asserts that this investment constitutes economic support for Israeli companies at a time when crimes against Palestinians—particularly in the Gaza Strip—are escalating.
The campaign urged consumers to avoid purchasing several Mondelēz products, including Oreo, Cadbury, and others, and instead choose alternatives from companies not linked to investments or relations with the occupation, such as Hershey and others.