Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2310, Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

1. Three Palestinians Die from Cold in Gaza as Occupation Continues to Violate Ceasefire Agreement

The Israeli occupation army continues to violate the fragile ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip for the 82nd consecutive day by intensifying artillery shelling and destroying homes, in addition to launching a series of airstrikes on various areas of the Strip. The death toll from Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement since October 11, 2025, has risen to 414 martyrs and 1,145 injuries, in addition to the recovery of the bodies of 680 martyrs. This brings the cumulative toll since the start of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023, to 71,266 martyrs and 171,222 injuries.

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2. Medical Official: Drug Shortages Threaten 200,000 Patients and 10,000 Surgeries

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip warned that the “dangerous and unprecedented state of depletion” the health system in the Strip is experiencing, after two years of war and a crippling blockade, is limiting its ability to provide diagnostic and treatment services, amid a sharp decline in stocks of medicines, medical supplies, and laboratory materials. The Director of the Care and Pharmacy Department at the Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that the current situation regarding medicines, medical supplies, laboratory materials, and other essential needs within the Ministry threatens to halt or affect 10,000 surgical procedures. This is due to the consequences of shortages in the necessary supplies and medications, exacerbated by the continued Israeli blockade preventing the entry of medical aid according to the needs of the Strip’s hospitals.

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3. Prisoners’ Institutions: Occupation Prisons Have Become Arenas of Torture and Slow Execution

Prisoners’ institutions revealed that 32 prisoners, including a child, died in 2025, bringing the total number of martyrs since the beginning of this period to over 100. Dozens of detainees from Gaza remain forcibly disappeared, and the occupation authorities are withholding the bodies of 94 of them. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association stated in a joint report that the documented testimonies and statements they collected, along with material evidence, confirm a deliberate policy of targeting prisoners physically and psychologically. This policy includes torture, starvation, denial of medical treatment, solitary confinement, and other practices that threaten their lives.

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4. Raids and Arrests in the West Bank Target Dozens of Palestinians

Israeli occupation forces launched a widespread campaign of raids across various areas of the occupied West Bank, including searches of Palestinian homes. The raids resulted in the arrest of dozens of people, including a journalist and former prisoners, as well as three foreign solidarity activists in the village of Al-Mughayyir.

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5. Occupation Forces Issue Demolition Orders for All Shops in Al-Simya Market, South of Hebron

Israeli occupation forces issued demolition orders for all shops in the Al-Simya market, located at the entrance to the town of As-Samu, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. This latest move targets Palestinian property and livelihoods. The Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights reported that the occupation forces delivered official demolition orders to the owners of all the shops in the market, giving them only 12 hours to evacuate, indicating that the demolitions could be carried out at any time.

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6. Gaza Health Ministry: Cancer Patients Face Slow Death Due to Drug Shortages and Closure of Crossings

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip confirmed that cancer patients in the Strip are facing a slow death sentence, foreshadowing an unprecedented humanitarian and health catastrophe with serious and irreversible consequences. In its statement, the Ministry explained that the severe shortage of cancer medications, the denial of diagnostic services to patients, and the continued closure of crossings preventing their travel abroad for treatment, complete the triangle of death that threatens their lives at any moment. The Ministry stressed that the only way to save their lives is for them to leave the Strip for treatment, which requires urgent action from all relevant parties to ensure their safe and swift departure without any delay.

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7. Water Crisis Suffocates Survivors of the Genocide in Gaza

Daily suffering weighs heavily on everyone. Palestinians, including children, struggle to obtain potable water after collecting it from cisterns in the northern Gaza Strip, given the lack of alternatives due to the destruction of infrastructure by the occupation during the genocidal war.

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8. Israel: Suspends Operations of More Than 20 Humanitarian Organizations in Gaza

Israel has suspended the operations of more than 20 humanitarian organizations working in the Gaza Strip, citing “failure to meet rules and regulations.” According to the Associated Press, among the organizations affected by the Israeli decision is Doctors Without Borders.

The agency explained, quoting informed sources, that Israel’s decision came under the pretext that these organizations did not meet its new regulations for verifying international organizations operating in Gaza.

This comes as part of Israel’s systematic restrictions on the work of relief organizations operating in the Strip, amidst the deteriorating humanitarian and living conditions resulting from the war of genocide, despite the ceasefire agreement reached last October.

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*European*

9. Spain compels advertising platforms to remove tourism offers in occupied Palestinian territories

The Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs has ordered advertising platforms operating in the country to remove advertisements promoting tourist accommodations located in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. This move has been described as further support for the Palestinian people and a practical rejection of normalization with settlements. The ministry stated that it had identified 138 advertisements for tourist accommodations published on seven digital platforms offering booking and rental services in Spain.

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10. Ten countries warn of the catastrophic situation in Gaza and demand the removal of restrictions on aid

The foreign ministers of ten countries expressed their “deep concern” over the “renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation” in the Gaza Strip, especially with the onset of winter, and called on Israel to remove restrictions on the entry of aid into the Strip. The ministers of Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland issued a joint statement published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.British newspaper: “With the arrival of winter, civilians in Gaza are facing dire conditions as heavy rains and plummeting temperatures hit.”

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11. Protest outside New Hall Prison in solidarity with Fulton 24 hunger strikers

The area surrounding New Hall Prison in Wakefield, England, witnessed a continuous protest in support of the Fulton 24 group of activists on hunger strike. They are protesting their detention without a fair trial for their opposition to institutional complicity in crimes committed against the Palestinian people. Supporters warn of a serious deterioration in the health of the hunger strikers, whose strike has now lasted more than seven weeks. They are demanding their immediate release, an end to the policy of arbitrary detention, and accountability for those responsible for endangering their lives.

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12. Leonardo Hotels Targeted in Spain for Supporting the Occupation

Activists from the Global March to Gaza targeted the Leonardo hotel chain in Spain, protesting its role in supporting the occupation. The chain owns and operates more than 40 hotels in the occupied Palestinian territories, and activists argue that its activities contribute to the economic support of settlers. Leonardo hotels are considered part of the physical infrastructure of colonialism, as hotels operating in the occupied territories contribute to normalizing and whitewashing the occupation through tourism. This makes them a structural partner in supporting settlers and the apartheid regime, and a direct financial contributor to the continuation of the occupation’s crimes and violations in Palestine.

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13. Protest outside Pentonville Prison in London in support of Fulton 24 hunger strikers

Activists protested outside Pentonville King’s Cross Prison in London, UK, in a show of solidarity with Gaza and demanding the release of activists involved in the Fulton 24 movement. The protest, organized by Heathworkers and Allies and the London Collective for Palestine, saw protesters temporarily block the prison entrances, emphasizing their solidarity with the detainees on hunger strike. The Fulton 24 activists are among dozens of pro-Palestinian activists arrested in the UK for their participation in protests targeting Elbit Systems, the largest Israeli arms manufacturer. These protests followed an attack on an Elbit Systems facility in Fulton, near Bristol, in 2014, in protest against the company’s role in manufacturing military equipment used in the war of annihilation against the unarmed Palestinian people.

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*International*

14. Knesset Approves Bill Imposing Sanctions on UNRWA

The Israeli Knesset, in its second and third readings, approved a bill imposing a package of unprecedented punitive measures on UNRWA, aimed at halting its operations in the Palestinian territories. The measures included in the law include cutting off infrastructure related to the agency’s activities, including halting the supply of electricity and water to its facilities.

The law also stipulates the confiscation of UNRWA property within Israel within 30 days of the law’s enactment.

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15. Netanyahu’s Plane Crosses the Airspace of Three ICC States Despite Arrest Warrant

FlightRadar24 revealed that the Wings of Zion plane carrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States for a meeting with the US President crossed the airspace of three countries that are signatories to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, despite an outstanding arrest warrant against him. Data showed that the plane crossed the airspace of Greece, Italy, and France before reaching the Atlantic Ocean, following a different route than previous flights, including his trip to New York last September to participate in the UN General Assembly meetings, when he avoided entering French airspace.