Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2484, Date: Monday, June 29, 2026

1. Four killed in Gaza as Israeli ceasefire violations continue
Four Palestinians were killed, one of them succumbing to injuries sustained in a previous Israeli airstrike, while Israeli forces continued violating the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
One Palestinian was killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli drone strike west of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Local sources confirmed that one person was killed and several others injured after a strike targeted a group of civilians near the Tiberias Station in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.

Local sources also reported that two people were killed and a third was wounded in an Israeli drone strike in the Al-Salatin area west of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.

2. Israeli forces continue to prevent the call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque for the eighth consecutive day
Israeli forces have continued, for the eighth consecutive day, to prevent the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) from being broadcast at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
The mosque’s director, Munjid Al-Jaabari, said Israeli forces have prevented the call to prayer at all prayer times for the past eight days while work continues in the western section of the mosque.

He explained that these measures are part of efforts to tighten restrictions on residents and establish full control over the mosque and its courtyards. He called on worshippers to continue attending prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque as usual in order to counter Israeli plans aimed at emptying the site.

3. Israeli forces build settlement road west of Bethlehem
Israeli bulldozers have begun constructing a settlement road on Palestinian-owned land in the village of Battir, west of Bethlehem in the occupied southern West Bank.
A local source said the road is being built in the Al-Hanjaliya area west of Battir and will connect to a settlement outpost established on Palestinian-owned land in the area.

The excavation work is part of the ongoing expansion of settlements in the village’s lands, threatening further confiscation of agricultural land and restricting residents’ access to their property.

4. Israeli forces uproot hundreds of olive trees west of Jenin
Israeli army bulldozers continued leveling agricultural land in the town of Zabuba, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, uprooting and destroying hundreds of olive trees.
Local sources reported that the land-clearing operations affected large areas of farmland belonging to residents of the town.

The escalation comes amid continued attacks and settlement-related activities targeting cultivated land and private Palestinian property in the area.

5. Fourteen Gaza detainees released in poor health
Israeli forces released 14 detainees from the Gaza Strip who had been arrested after October 7, 2023.
According to local sources, the detainees were released through the Kerem Abu Salem crossing before being transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah for medical treatment, accompanied by Red Cross teams.

6. Warnings over settlement escalation aimed at depopulating Al-Bustan neighborhood
A specialized body warned of the ongoing escalation by Israeli authorities in the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan in occupied Jerusalem, describing it as part of policies aimed at displacing Palestinian residents and creating new realities on the ground to serve settlement projects.
The Jerusalem Committee of the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad stated that since October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have demolished 56 structures in Al-Bustan, including homes and other buildings, representing nearly half of the neighborhood’s properties in what it described as an unprecedented escalation aimed at emptying the area of its Palestinian residents.

7. Video: Settlers attack Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank
Watch the moment settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the Wadi Al-Rakhim area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
Europe
8. Large demonstrations across European cities reject arming Israel
Students and activists demonstrated outside the University of Vienna carrying Palestinian flags and demanding the immediate suspension of all academic cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
A demonstration was also held in Osnabrück, northwestern Germany, protesting arms exports to the Israeli military, while activists organized a solidarity vigil in Berlin’s Kleistpark in support of prisoners and civilians despite the extreme heat.

Supporters also staged a symbolic demonstration outside Amsterdam Central Station, displaying photographs of children killed and placing toys and shoes stained red to symbolize the victims.

Demonstrators also gathered in the Sierra de Madrid area to denounce Israeli military actions and U.S. support, pledging to continue grassroots mobilization and intensify boycott campaigns until the occupation ends.

9. Campaign targets “Nakba” exhibition at Canada’s Human Rights Museum
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg is facing a broad pressure campaign and political criticism, along with internal tensions, over its exhibition titled Palestine Displaced: The Nakba, Past and Present.
The exhibition highlights the ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, and dispossession of Palestinians in 1948, as well as the continuation of these effects into the present day.

10. Protest outside Glasgow theater over Maureen Lipman’s appearance
Protesters gathered outside the Theatre Royal during Maureen Lipman’s appearance in a stage production, condemning her repeated statements defending Israeli military actions in Gaza and justifying the blockade imposed on the territory.
In a 2024 interview, Lipman stated that she was “a proud Zionist” and that her support for Israel was “constant and unconditional.” She also criticized a petition signed by hundreds of artists worldwide calling for an end to the war in Gaza, describing it as “a disgrace.”

11. Activists enter British factory supplying military aviation equipment
Activists from the movement Organised Against Genocide entered the premises of Morehead Aerospace Science, part of the Amtec Group, in Berkshire, England, where they damaged key technological equipment and disrupted production lines.
According to the organizers, the action was intended to halt operations at the factory, which they described as a key supplier in Israel’s military supply chain, providing aviation components and systems to Elbit Systems for use in military aircraft and drones.

12. Irish football supporters rally against sports normalization with Israel
The campaign aimed to educate concertgoers at Fairview Park about the need for a comprehensive boycott of Israeli teams and to highlight concerns over the use of sports as a cover for alleged war crimes and apartheid.
Participants raised Palestinian flags and banners calling for the international isolation of Israel’s sports system as part of the growing movement in Ireland advocating academic, cultural, and sporting sanctions.

13. Cardiff Council awards exclusive contracts to Live Nation
Cardiff City Council in Wales has faced accusations of inconsistency after awarding exclusive contracts without a public tender to the global events company Live Nation, while simultaneously calling for its employee pension fund to divest from companies linked to Israel.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement includes Live Nation in its boycott campaigns, alleging that its Israeli branch has supported the Israeli military during the war in Gaza.

14. Protest outside Barclays Bank in Aberdeen
Activists and supporters of the Palestinian cause organized a protest outside Barclays Bank in Aberdeen, Scotland, condemning the bank’s financial investments in companies they say are linked to Israel’s military sector.
The demonstration began with the reading of the names of children killed in Gaza, linking those deaths to financing provided by the bank to companies such as Palantir, Caterpillar, and BAE Systems.

International
15. Campaign targets Yale academic Francesca Maviglia
A campaign has targeted Francesca Maviglia, an associate researcher at Yale School of Medicine and chair of the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America, over statements calling for the development of student organizations committed to grassroots activism.
According to the text, the campaign seeks to associate rhetoric supporting liberation and peaceful resistance with terrorism in order to pressure Yale University to sever its academic ties with her.

16. Zionist campaign against Prada after ambassador appears wearing map of Palestine
Pro-Israel platforms and social media accounts launched a campaign against the fashion house Prada after it released a promotional video featuring its new ambassador, Palestinian artist Saint Levant, wearing a necklace depicting the map of historic Palestine.
The promotional video, viewed by more than 33 million followers, was released during the Spring/Summer 2027 Men’s Fashion Show in Milan.

17. Formal request to U.S. authorities to investigate Itamar Ben Gvir before New York visit
The Hind Rajab Foundation announced that it has submitted a formal request to the U.S. Department of Justice to open an investigation and prosecute Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir ahead of his planned visit to New York next month.
The foundation said its request is based on evidence it claims documents Ben Gvir’s direct involvement in and supervision of alleged war crimes, genocide, and serious violations against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

18. Legal action launched in 40 countries against Israeli officials
Turkish organizations, in cooperation with the Global Sumud Flotilla, have initiated legal proceedings before Turkish, European, and international courts seeking the prosecution of Israeli leaders over alleged crimes in Gaza and alleged violations committed against solidarity activists.
Speaking at a Palestine Support Platform event in Istanbul, Global Sumud Flotilla representative and Marmara Association president Behshti Ismail Songur stated that case files include criminal documentation alleging that activists from 40 different nationalities were subjected to severe torture, physical and psychological abuse, and rape following their detention by Israeli naval forces.