Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2346, Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026

1. 24 martyrs, including 8 children and a paramedic, killed by occupation fire in the Gaza Strip

Twenty-four citizens, including eight children and a paramedic, were killed by fire from Israeli occupation forces east of the Gaza Strip, as ceasefire violations continue for the 116th consecutive day. Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, occupation forces have killed 553 Palestinians as a result of repeated violations, including 179 children and 69 women, and wounded 1,463 others. Since the start of the genocidal war on October 7, 2023, occupation forces have killed more than 71,803 citizens and injured over 171,570 others, in addition to widespread destruction affecting about 90% of civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around $70 billion.

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**2. Rights center: 26 prisoners with cancer face slow death in occupation prisons**

The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies revealed that 26 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons suffer from various types of cancer, under dangerous health conditions that threaten their lives at any moment, amid denial of proper treatment and the provision of painkillers only. The center’s director, researcher Riyad Al-Ashqar, explained in a report issued on the occasion of World Cancer Day, which falls on November 4 each year, that prisoners with cancer are subjected to a policy of “slow death” as a result of deliberate medical neglect, the severity of their health conditions, and harsh detention conditions that deprive them of the most basic necessities of life, without any distinction between sick and healthy prisoners.

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**3. Settlers attack a school in the Jordan Valley; their terror increased by 25% in 2025**

Settlers attacked Al-Tahadi School in the Ibziq area north of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, smashing its contents and bulldozing the road leading to it, in an attempt to prevent students and staff from reaching the school. The Director of Education in Tubas, Azmi Balawneh, stated that this attack is the second of its kind carried out against the school by settlers.

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**4. Occupation backtracks on banning patients’ travel; 4,000 cancer patients on waiting list**

The Israeli occupation has backtracked on banning Gaza patients from traveling abroad for treatment. Palestinian Red Crescent spokesperson Raed Al-Nems told journalists that “we have been informed that coordination for patient travel from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing has resumed.” The Ministry of Health in Gaza warned of depriving 11,000 cancer patients of specialized and diagnostic treatment inside and outside the Strip, following the decision by Israeli occupation authorities to cancel the travel of a new batch of patients and wounded through the Rafah land crossing.

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**5. Occupation announces massive settlement plan to expand Adam settlement in Jerusalem**

The occupation government announced the signing of a major settlement expansion agreement aimed at establishing thousands of new settlement units in the “Adam” settlement (Geva Binyamin), built on Palestinian land north of occupied Jerusalem, in a new escalation reflecting the insistence of Israeli occupation authorities on changing the demographic and geographic reality of the holy city. According to the official announcement, the agreement includes the construction of approximately 2,780 new settlement units, at an initial estimated cost of about 120 million shekels.

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**6. Government Media Office: 1,520 Israeli violations of the Gaza ceasefire**

The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced that the Israeli occupation committed 1,520 violations of the ceasefire agreement since it entered into force on October 10, 2025 until today, resulting in the killing of 556 martyrs and the injury of about 1,500 citizens, in a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and undermining the provisions of the humanitarian protocol attached to the agreement. The office explained that the violations included 522 shooting incidents, 73 incursions by military vehicles into residential neighborhoods and areas, 704 bombardment and targeting operations, and 221 demolitions of homes and various buildings. It noted that among the martyrs were 288 children, women, and elderly people, and 268 men, pointing out that 99% of the martyrs are civilians.

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**7. Haaretz: 766 Palestinian bodies held by “Israel,” including 373 since the Gaza genocide**

The newspaper *Haaretz* revealed that 766 bodies of Palestinian martyrs are being held by “Israel,” in addition to ten bodies of foreigners. The newspaper stated that 373 of the bodies have been held since the genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023. According to the newspaper, among the bodies are 88 Palestinians who died in prisons due to poor living conditions, medical neglect, and torture, including 53 bodies of prisoners from the Gaza Strip.

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**8. #Video | Winter cold worsens the tragedy of children in tents in Gaza**

#Watch… Displaced Palestinian children cry under rain showers amid harsh humanitarian conditions, made even more difficult by the winter cold and the storm affecting the Gaza Strip.

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**European**

**9. Member of Parliament calls for the arrest of Israel’s president**

#Watch… “Racism is not fought by welcoming war criminals.” A member of parliament calls for the arrest of Israeli President Isaac Herzog during his scheduled visit to Australia in the coming days.

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**10. British court acquits pro-Palestine activists over raid on occupation weapons factory**

A British court acquitted six pro-Palestine activists of charges of violent burglary related to a raid they carried out in 2024 on a weapons factory run by Elbit Systems, a company linked to the Israeli occupation’s Ministry of Defense. Reuters reported that the jury failed to reach a verdict on charges of criminal damage after lengthy deliberations during the trial sessions.

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**11. Israel’s representative at Eurovision 2026 sang in tribute to the Israeli army**

The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign reported that contestant “Naom Bitan,” who will represent the Israeli entity in the Eurovision 2026 competition, expressed admiration for war criminals from the Israeli occupation forces who committed acts of genocide. The campaign stated that singer Bitan performed for the Israeli army during the period of genocide in Gaza, and that Israel’s participation in Eurovision is used to whitewash these crimes, calling for its expulsion from the competition. Several countries have boycotted Eurovision due to the participation of the Israeli occupation, including Ireland, Spain, and Slovenia, in protest against the exploitation of the artistic event to cover up crimes against Palestinians and in rejection of Israel’s apartheid policies in the occupied territories.

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**International**

**12. Calls on Congress to release Palestinian “Luqaa Kordia” for her participation in solidarity protests**

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to detain Luqaa Kordia, a 32-year-old Palestinian woman residing in New Jersey, at a detention center in Texas since March 2025, after she was summoned to an immigration office regarding her legal status. Kordia was arrested and detained despite the absence of any evidence that she poses a threat to public security or has a criminal record. Human rights groups consider her detention a retaliatory response to her participation in peaceful pro-Palestinian protests, including a demonstration outside Columbia University in April 2024 against the war on Gaza. A federal judge previously ordered her release twice, but ICE used administrative measures to prevent her release. The group “Code Pink” is calling for action to secure her release by contacting members of Congress and raising awareness of her case.

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**13. Trump escalates attack on Harvard University over its support for student solidarity**

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration will demand financial compensation from Harvard University amounting to up to $1 billion, after posting on his platform “Truth Social” that he wants no future relationship with the university. This move comes as part of Trump’s repeated attacks on pro-Palestinian protests and on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on campus, arguing that the issue should be classified as “criminal rather than civil,” despite providing no clear details. It is worth noting that Trump’s campaign against prestigious American universities has not been limited to Harvard alone, but has included several other educational institutions, with the administration imposing financial penalties and threatening to withdraw federal research grants worth billions of dollars, as part of pressure on universities to amend their academic programs that include Middle East and Palestinian studies.

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**14. Resignation of the Palestine team at Human Rights Watch in protest of report withdrawal**

The Palestine team at Human Rights Watch, consisting of researcher Omar Shakir and associate researcher Meleena Ansari, resigned in protest against the organization’s decision to suspend a report they had prepared stating that Israel’s denial of the Palestinian refugees’ right of return amounts to a crime against humanity. Shakir, who headed the “Palestine and Israel” team at the organization for nearly a decade, and Ansari said that the decision to withdraw the report violated internal approval mechanisms and reflected prioritizing fear of political pressure over commitment to international law and human rights standards.

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**15. Organ theft: an Israeli crime exposed by Guinness World Records!**

While Israeli occupation authorities market themselves globally as a leading “humanitarian” state in the field of organ donation and boast record achievements in kidney donations, shocking facts are simultaneously emerging that condemn the occupation for committing grave crimes against the Palestinian body, both alive and dead. These include withholding the bodies of martyrs, violating their sanctity, and suspected organ theft, in blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law. Coinciding with the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine and its prisoners on January 31, the issue of withheld martyrs’ bodies has resurfaced, amid growing testimonies from families of martyrs, doctors, and human rights organizations confirming that what is happening goes beyond an arbitrary policy of body retention and amounts to an organized crime carried out under complete international silence.

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**16. “They Can’t Kill the Stars”: a book documenting the faces of Gaza in the world’s conscience after the horrors of genocide**

A new global book has recently been published documenting chapters and human scenes from the reality of the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, shedding light on the faces of victims and survivors and retelling the Palestinian story in a humanitarian language addressed to the conscience of the world. The book, published in English under the title *They Can’t Kill the Stars*, is written by Palestinian Gaza-based author Wijdan Wajdi Abu Shamala. It is approximately 150 pages long and includes 17 real-life stories based on real names and faces of genocide victims and survivors. The book was published by the European Palestinian Network, which officially launched the work during the Conference of European Solidarity Activists with Palestine, held in the Danish capital Copenhagen, in the presence of the author, where the book received wide interest and notable attention from participants.

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**17. 100 Senegalese cultural figures call for sanctions against the occupation**

A group of prominent Senegalese cultural figures, including award-winning filmmakers Mati Diop and Alain Gomis, dancer Germaine Acogny, and writer Ken Bugul, called on Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to take urgent steps against “Israel” and impose sanctions over what they described as the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The statement, published by the organization “African Artists Against Apartheid – Senegal,” called for cutting diplomatic and economic relations and banning any transfer of Israeli military equipment through Senegalese ports, affirming that the Senegalese people are awaiting concrete action.