Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2472, Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026

1. Three killed, including a child and a woman, as Israeli violations continue in Gaza

Three Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were killed after Israeli forces targeted an area adjacent to their homes in the town of Al-Zawaida in central Gaza.

Local sources reported that Saleh Ramadan Khalifa was killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza. Medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital also reported the death of Nadia Kamal Ayyash following an Israeli attack.

A medical source further announced that the child Rayan Bahaa Abu Al-Ajeen arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital dead, accompanied by his injured father, hours after Israeli forces opened fire on them and detained them in the Wadi Al-Salqa area southeast of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

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### 2. Israeli municipality seizes property in Silwan south of Al-Aqsa

Israeli authorities have intensified measures against residents of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, after municipal crews raided land belonging to Jerusalem resident Khaled Al-Zeer and confiscated property and equipment from the site.

Local sources stated that municipal teams, accompanied by Israeli army and police forces, uprooted several trees planted on the land and confiscated equipment and animals located there, under heavy security protection provided by Israeli forces.

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### 3. Gaza death toll surpasses 73,000

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that seven bodies arrived at hospitals across the Strip during the past 24 hours, including six newly killed individuals and one body recovered from the rubble, in addition to six injuries resulting from ongoing attacks.

Since the beginning of the offensive on October 7, 2023, the total number of deaths has risen to 73,003, while injuries have reached 173,252, reflecting the continuing human losses in the territory.

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### 4. For the 249th time, Israeli authorities demolish Al-Araqib village

Israeli forces raided the unrecognized village of Al-Araqib in the occupied Negev region and began demolishing its homes for the 249th consecutive time.

Witnesses said that Israeli government bulldozers and machinery, heavily protected by police and special units, entered the Bedouin village and demolished tents and wooden structures housing residents.

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### 5. Homes and vehicles burned in settler attacks across the West Bank

The West Bank continues to witness escalating settler attacks targeting Palestinians, their property, and agricultural lands in several governorates, amid increasing organized assaults and efforts to impose new realities on the ground through settlement expansion and attacks on Palestinian villages and towns, alongside repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque.

In Deir Dibwan village east of Ramallah, settlers carried out an attack that resulted in several vehicles being burned and assaults on residents and their homes. In Nablus, settlers conducted a provocative march along Amman Street, accompanied by slogans claiming entitlement to the city.

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## *Europe*

### 6. Demonstrations in Berlin, Edinburgh, and Stockholm in solidarity with Gaza

Hundreds of demonstrators defied rainy weather and security restrictions imposed by authorities during a regular monthly march in Berlin, waving Palestinian flags and calling for freedom for Gaza, with notable participation from elderly people and individuals with disabilities.

In the Scottish capital Edinburgh, a major national demonstration focused on condemning Israeli actions against media workers. Protesters displayed photographs of hundreds of journalists whom they said had been systematically killed by Israeli forces to prevent documentation of massacres.

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### 7. Brussels witnesses parliamentary efforts to criminalize customs fraud involving settlement products

Debate within the European Union has intensified amid political and human rights demands for stricter oversight of supply chains to prevent goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories from entering European markets under preferential trade arrangements.

Several European countries are pursuing urgent legislative measures to ban imports of settlement goods and services, addressing attempts to market agricultural products such as dates, citrus fruits, and pomegranates grown on Palestinian land with labels falsely stating “Made in Israel.”

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### 8. Video: Brazilian fan chants for the liberation of Palestine during World Cup matches

A Brazilian supporter renewed his support for the Palestinian cause from the stands during a match between Brazil and Morocco.

A video clip showed the fan chanting that “the liberation of Palestine is the ultimate goal” among spectators, reflecting growing global grassroots solidarity with Palestine and opposition to what supporters describe as a genocidal war carried out by Israel.

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### 9. Anti-Zionist Jews disrupt event selling settlement properties in London

Anti-Zionist Jewish activists infiltrated the “Great Israeli Real Estate Event” held inside a synagogue in London and succeeded in disrupting it.

The protest sought to prevent the promotion and sale of Palestinian land and property located in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, following similar advertisements that appeared in New York last month offering land for sale in the settlements of Kfar Eldad and Karnei Shomron.

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### 10. Thousands of Britons demand protection of healthcare workers’ right to support Palestine

Thousands of British citizens have called on the Department of Health and the National Health Service (NHS) to publicly recognize that opposing genocide is not antisemitism and to grant healthcare workers the full right to express solidarity with Palestine and reject what they describe as Zionist crimes.

The demand was made through a public petition launched by the organization Organise in response to government-backed initiatives led by the independent adviser on antisemitism, Lord Mann, which seek to ban anti-occupation symbols such as the Palestinian flag and the watermelon symbol.

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### 11. Political gathering in Strasbourg calls for cutting ties with Israel

La France Insoumise and the Palestine 67 group are opposing efforts by the Strasbourg city administration to ban a solidarity concert, insisting that the event be held in full at the Palace of Music and Congresses during the European Parliament’s monthly session.

The gathering includes parliamentarians and left-wing leaders, notably Rima Hassan and Paly Bajayoko, and concludes a Europe-wide campaign that collected more than 1.2 million signatures calling for an end to what organizers describe as European complicity and demanding the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

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### 12. International organizations call for suspension of Israeli Medical Association from global body

Leslie London, Professor of Public Health at the University of Cape Town, stated that the Israeli Medical Association refuses to acknowledge attacks on internationally protected hospitals and conceals medical violations and systematic torture allegedly faced by prisoners in Israeli detention facilities.

International health and human rights organizations have called for a boycott of the Israeli Medical Association and the suspension of its membership in the World Medical Association, citing its silence and alleged complicity in the destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system, attacks on medical personnel, and serious violations against Palestinian prisoners.

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## *International*

### 13. Pro-Israel website targets New York State Senate candidate Abeer Kawas

The website “Canary Mission” launched a digital campaign against Muslim New York State Senate candidate Abeer Kawas because of her political positions and her connections to Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour and activist Hassan Baker.

The website published a video in which Kawas recalls U.S. immigration authorities deporting her father when she was in seventh grade and expresses pride in working alongside individuals who have been targeted within Democratic Party circles.

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### 14. Stanford graduates walk out on Google CEO’s speech in protest

More than 100 Stanford University graduates walked out of their commencement ceremony when Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage to deliver his address.

The graduates chanted slogans calling for freedom for Palestine and an end to Israeli military actions. The protest, organized by Students for Justice in Palestine and No Tech for Apartheid, renewed attention on Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud-computing contract jointly awarded to Google and Amazon.

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### 15. Freedom Flotilla announces preparations for a new maritime mission to break the Gaza blockade

Behçet Ismail Songur, a representative of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition in Turkey, announced the start of logistical preparations for a new maritime mission to Gaza in the coming months, involving broader international participation and additional vessels.

Songur also confirmed the initiation of legal proceedings before European and international courts aimed at holding Israeli leaders accountable for alleged violations against volunteers. He stated that the upcoming flotilla seeks to challenge the blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007 and draw attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis affecting approximately 2.4 million Palestinians in the territory.