Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2525, Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026

• 1. Child Saba al-Hashash… killed while memorizing the Quran, on the same day her sister died a year earlier
  In a corner inside a small mosque in the al-Iqlimi area of al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, 13-year-old Saba Naim al-Hashash sat with her head bowed, holding the Quran in her small hands and struggling through the letters as she continued memorizing verses from the Holy Book, unaware of what was waiting for her behind the mosque walls.

In that quiet moment, the stillness of the place was shattered by a treacherous bullet fired by the Israeli occupation army. It pierced Saba’s head as she bent over the Quran, turning the peaceful Quran study session into a scene of terror and fear.

Saba fell to the ground and was quickly taken to Nasser Hospital in the city, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit between life and death, amid strenuous efforts by doctors to save her life. Her father and relatives stood outside the room, watching the readings on the medical monitors while hope gripped their hearts.

2. Occupation demolishes 12 commercial structures near Jenin without a court ruling
Bulldozers belonging to the Israeli occupation began demolishing 12 Palestinian commercial structures near the village of Anza, south of the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.

Local residents said occupation bulldozers began this morning demolishing 12 commercial warehouses at the entrance to Anza, while the case filed by the residents remains before the occupation courts and no final ruling has yet been issued.

3. Despite his deteriorating health… occupation sentences detainee Ata Abu Rmeileh to 42 months in prison
An Israeli occupation court at Salem military camp sentenced detainee and prominent figure Ata Hassan Atiya Rmeilat, 67, to 42 months in prison, in addition to a fine of 5,000 shekels.

His son, Alaa Abu Rmeileh, said that occupation forces arrested his father on October 31, 2023, after raiding his home in the city of Jenin.

4. Six injured in al-Mughayyir… settlers escalate attacks across West Bank cities
Settlers escalated their attacks and assaults against residents and their property in several areas of the occupied West Bank, leaving a number of people suffering from suffocation.

Six residents, including children and women, were injured in a settler attack on the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.

5. Occupation accelerates three settlement projects in Jerusalem ahead of Knesset elections
An Israeli human rights organization said the government had advanced three of the largest settlement projects in occupied Jerusalem within just a few weeks, comprising more than 3,400 new housing units.

According to a report published Monday by Ir Amim, an organization specializing in Jerusalem affairs, accelerating the three plans at this particular time reflects an attempt to create new facts on the ground, leaving the next Israeli government facing a settlement reality that would be difficult to reverse.

6. #Video… Settlers attack a Palestinian family in Ramallah
#Watch… Israeli settlers attack the al-Kaabneh family community east of the village of al-Taybeh, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, amid escalating attacks on Palestinian communities under the direct protection of the occupation army.

7. #Video… Palestinian infant suffocates from occupation gas canisters
#Watch… Paramedics attempt to save a Palestinian infant who suffered suffocation after occupation forces fired tear-gas canisters at several homes in the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

8. Through Judaization and property seizures… how the occupation is working to isolate Al-Aqsa from its surrounding communities
The Israeli occupation authorities have not stopped implementing their plan to isolate the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque from its surrounding Palestinian neighborhoods and communities. Instead, they are moving forward at an accelerating pace, translating the plan into reality through a series of settlement and urban-development projects aimed at changing the character of the area and imposing a new reality around the mosque.

These projects do not appear to be separate from one another. Rather, they converge around a single objective: tightening the siege on Al-Aqsa Mosque and isolating it from its Palestinian surroundings through settlement and urban-development projects seeking to sever its geographic and demographic connections with Jerusalem’s neighborhoods and reshape the overall landscape of occupied Jerusalem.

9. Education under threat… West Bank schools face demolition and displacement plans
The targeting of Palestinian education in the occupied West Bank does not appear to be a series of isolated incidents. With every new demolition notice or removal of part of a school, the space available for children to continue their education becomes narrower, particularly in Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, where demolition orders intersect with displacement pressures, settler attacks, and movement restrictions.

European
10. Irish activist publishes book documenting his abduction and detention in occupation prisons
Irish activist Fra Hughes has published a book titled “Abducted Aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza 2026,” documenting the Israeli occupation forces’ interception of the flotilla in international waters and his detention last April.

The book recounts details of the military assault on the Alma vessel, as well as the mistreatment and intimidation experienced by international activists before their deportation.

11. Italian call to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the children of Gaza
The Italian newspaper Il Mattino reported on an initiative calling for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to the children of Gaza. The initiative was promoted through the columns of the newspaper Avvenire and launched by Professor Eugenio Mazzarella.

The newspaper said the initiative had received broad support, beginning with Elly Schlein, secretary of Italy’s Democratic Party, amid the continuing consequences of the war on the Gaza Strip and the severe humanitarian conditions it has caused, particularly for children.

Schlein said the ceasefire in Gaza had not ended the population’s suffering, explaining that “despite the ceasefire in Gaza, people are still dying,” either as a result of Israeli attacks and what she described as crimes committed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or because of shortages of food, water, and medicine.

12. Activists who smashed the headquarters of “Ultra” in Aberdeen, a company supplying communications to the occupation, released
Judicial authorities released on bail two activists from the People Against Genocide organization after a period of pretrial detention following their storming of the headquarters of “Ultra,” an intelligence and communications company, in the Scottish city of Aberdeen.

During the direct action, the activists managed to smash technical equipment, seize confidential documents, and barricade themselves inside the building for more than six hours before police and intelligence personnel arrived at the site.

13. DSV targeted in Doncaster, UK, over alleged complicity in genocide
People Against Genocide carried out a direct-action protest against the headquarters of global logistics company DSV in the British city of Doncaster, seeking to disrupt its commercial operations.

The action was part of dozens of operations targeting the company over its alleged direct role in shipping and transporting military equipment and weapons on behalf of Elbit Systems.

14. Activist Julia May receives Israeli death threats for opposing the genocide in Gaza
International activist Julia May, who lives in Iceland, is facing a campaign of intimidation and explicit death threats from the Israeli occupation and its supporters because of her public positions and continued expressions of solidarity with Palestine.

The activist responded to the threats by publishing a video in which she affirmed that she was mentally and physically safe, stressing that she would not back down in the face of Zionist intimidation attempts.

International
15. U.S. Haverford “succumbs to lobby pressure” and pledges to protect Zionism on campus
Wendy Raymond, president of Haverford College in the United States, announced that the college had reached a legal settlement with a Zionist Jewish group that had filed a lawsuit against the college in 2024.

The settlement followed a series of political pressures and legal actions faced by the college administration in connection with large-scale student activism and sit-ins protesting Israel’s ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip.

16. “Palestine Legal” sues American Sociological Association over alleged complicity in blocking boycott
Palestine Legal sent an urgent legal letter to the American Sociological Association (ASA), on behalf of the Sociologists for Palestine (S4P) collective, seeking to compel the association to allow its members to vote on a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

The legal action follows the association’s leadership blocking and preventing the proposed resolution on the grounds that it conflicted with its operating bylaws, amid explicit warnings that such a ban constitutes clear complicity that restricts academic freedom and the right to collective action opposing occupation crimes.

17. Demonstration outside New York Times headquarters condemns Western media complicity
The event was held to mark the first anniversary of the killing of journalist Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Nofal, Moamen Aliwa, and Mohammed al-Khalidi, who were deliberately killed by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip.

Protesters held slogans accusing major Western media outlets, particularly The New York Times, of actively contributing to the establishment of a policy of media blackout and the justification of war crimes.

The demonstrators stressed that biased media coverage had, from the outset, contributed to creating public acceptance and full partnership in the ongoing war of extermination, during which the occupation has systematically targeted journalists in order to prevent the documentation of its crimes and the transmission of the truth to the world.

18. UN special rapporteurs: 160 Palestinians killed in Gaza in July despite ceasefire
United Nations special rapporteurs said the Israeli killing machine claimed the lives of 160 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during July, despite more than ten months having passed since the announcement of a ceasefire, raising renewed questions about what actually remains of the agreement on the ground.

The rapporteurs explained that the number of Palestinians killed since the ceasefire was announced in October 2025 had exceeded 1,200, while occupation forces continued their attacks on densely populated areas and locations sheltering displaced people, including the al-Mawasi area.

19. #Video… Protesters expel Israeli tourists in Greece
#Watch… They confronted them and chanted “Free Palestine” at them. Demonstrators supporting the Palestinian people in Greece expelled Israeli tourists from the protest area and called on them to leave the country.

20. Peace Now: Occupation government policy is paving the way for an undeclared annexation of the West Bank
The Israeli Peace Now movement said that the policies implemented by the Israeli government in areas classified as Areas A and B in the West Bank constitute a clear violation of the agreements signed with the Palestinian Authority.

Peace Now accused Netanyahu’s government of violating the agreements by expanding settlements and transferring powers in Areas A and B of the West Bank to the Civil Administration.