Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2538, Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026

1. One killed and others injured in Israeli shelling of Gaza
Israeli occupation forces continued, for the 321st consecutive day, to violate the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip through artillery shelling, gunfire, and the ongoing blockade.
In the latest development, a pregnant woman was injured after Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a residential home in the Jabalia al-Nazla area in the northern Gaza Strip.

Earlier, a local source reported that citizen Ismail al-Braim was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

2. Gaza enters its third year under tents: humanitarian catastrophe, famine, and water deprivation
The humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip is worsening as the war and blockade continue into their third year, while millions of Palestinians face displacement, shortages of food and water, and the destruction of infrastructure and essential services.
As families struggle to survive in tents lacking the most basic necessities of life, humanitarian needs continue to expand, affecting children, women, and the sick, while municipalities across the Strip face growing inability to provide water, sewage, and sanitation services.

3. Even a sip of water has been taken by settlers: West Bank displacement plan continues while the world watches
While the world continues to watch what is happening in the West Bank, international institutions hold their regular meetings on the Palestinian issue, as developments on the ground accelerate toward further restrictions, settlement expansion, and displacement.
Even water sources have become targets of settler attacks, alongside the leveling of land, demolition of homes and structures, uprooting of trees, and the establishment of new settlement realities.

The successive developments in West Bank villages and towns reveal a policy that goes beyond individual attacks, taking the form of increasing organized pressure on Palestinians and the foundations of their lives, in an attempt to push them to leave, seize their lands, and impose a new reality serving plans for annexation and settlement expansion.

4. Ban on spare parts and oils threatens a gradual paralysis of Gaza’s trucks
Nahid Shihabir, head of the Association of Private Transport Companies Owners, warned of the consequences of the continued ban on bringing vehicle and truck spare parts, oils, and maintenance supplies into the Gaza Strip.
He stressed that the shortage of operational supplies now threatens to take an increasing number of trucks out of service, potentially triggering a serious crisis in the transportation system across the Strip.

Shihabir said the private transport sector has been operating under exceptional conditions for a long time, amid the continuous wear and tear of trucks and the absence of even the minimum maintenance requirements. He explained that an increasing number of vehicles continue to operate despite accumulated technical faults because the spare parts needed to repair them are unavailable.

5. Jerusalem researcher: Evacuation of Qalandia Institute is a step toward imposing settlement sovereignty and eliminating the refugee issue
Fakhri Abu Diab, an activist and researcher specializing in Jerusalem affairs, said that the Israeli occupation forces’ raid on and evacuation of the UNRWA-affiliated Qalandia Vocational Training Institute is part of a strategic plan aimed at undermining the symbolic importance of international institutions, eliminating the refugee issue and the right of return, and imposing settlement sovereignty and absolute control over the land and buildings in the area.
Abu Diab explained that control of the complex serves Judaization projects surrounding what is known as “Qalandia Airport,” with the aim of expanding settlement plans and stripping occupied Jerusalem of its service institutions.

6. Occupation forces set fire to a citizen’s vehicle near the Khirbetha Bani Harith gate west of Ramallah
Israeli occupation forces caused a citizen’s vehicle to catch fire near the Khirbetha Bani Harith gate, west of Ramallah.
Local sources reported that occupation forces fired tear gas and stun grenades toward citizens gathered behind the closed gate, causing one of their vehicles to catch fire.

7. 84 Palestinian schools at risk of demolition in the West Bank and Jerusalem
Eighty-four Palestinian schools in the West Bank and East Jerusalem face the threat of demolition under orders issued by the occupation forces, in an escalation threatening thousands of students’ right to education.
Fifty-four schools face the risk of complete demolition, while occupation orders target another 30 schools for partial demolition, including parts of their buildings or facilities.

8. Occupation continues changing Jerusalem street names to alter its Arab identity
Israeli occupation authorities continue to change the names of streets, landmarks, and historic sites in occupied Jerusalem as part of a policy aimed at erasing their traditional Arabic names and imposing Hebrew ones.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that teams affiliated with the occupation authorities installed a sign bearing the name “Old Gate” while removing signs bearing the name “Damascus Gate,” one of the most prominent gates of Jerusalem’s Old City, historically and geographically connected to the city and its Arab identity.

9. #Video: Moment young man is shot by occupation forces in Qalandia refugee camp
#Watch: Footage documents the moment Israeli occupation forces shot and directly wounded a Palestinian young man during clashes in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
10. #Video: Settler spits on Christian monastery in Jerusalem
#Watch: An attack targeting Christian religious sites. A surveillance camera captured an Israeli settler deliberately spitting at the entrance of the Monastery of Saint James in the Armenian Quarter of occupied Jerusalem.
Europe
11. Montreal Council strips Palestine solidarity resolution of provisions calling for severing ties with occupation
Montreal City Council in Canada approved a revised and amended proposal on solidarity with Palestine after the governing party removed key calls for suspending and severing institutional ties and divesting from the Israeli occupation.
The stripped-down version passed by 54 votes to 6, after the governing “Projet Montréal” party introduced substantial amendments that eliminated the original draft resolution proposed by the opposition party “Projet Montréal” and supported by the “Quebec Artists’ Collective Against Apartheid.”

12. Protest outside Edinburgh court in solidarity with 37 activists prosecuted under terrorism law
Dozens of protesters gathered outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court in Scotland in support of 37 human-rights activists facing criminal proceedings under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
The activists are accused of wearing clothing and displaying signs supporting Palestine Action, a movement opposed to arming the occupation.

The hearing, presided over by Judge John Cook, saw the cases adjourned until February 9 at the prosecution’s request, pending the outcome of an appeal seeking to overturn the movement’s designation as a proscribed organization.

13. Zionist organizations in Canada campaign to target academic Abbas Hamza for condemning occupation crimes
Zionist organizations and networks launched a broad campaign against university professor and data-analysis lecturer Abbas Hamza after he delivered an anti-occupation speech in a Toronto neighborhood.
The Zionist “Leviathan” network and B’nai Brith Canada targeted Hamza by monitoring his accounts and identifying his workplaces at Niagara University and Georgian and Conestoga colleges, calling for an official investigation and disciplinary action against him.

14. Protest outside English club West Ham’s stadium calls for Israeli player to be expelled
Pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside West Ham United’s training ground in London, raising Palestinian flags and calling for the immediate termination of Israeli international player Manor Solomon’s contract and his removal from the squad.
The protesters published a video criticizing the English club’s management for signing a player who represents the occupying entity, just hours before West Ham’s match against Southampton in the English League Cup. Solomon was expected to face Southampton’s Israeli goalkeeper, Daniel Peretz.

15. Call for protest outside Central Bank of Ireland to halt financing of occupation bonds
Amnesty International Ireland launched a broad online petition alongside a call for a gathering outside the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) headquarters in Dublin, demanding that it immediately stop facilitating the sale of Israeli financial bonds.
The organization and participating movements said these bonds constitute direct financing for the alleged crimes of genocide and Zionist apartheid against the Palestinian people, as their proceeds flow into the occupation’s war budget.

16. British “Stop the War” Coalition calls for comprehensive boycott of occupation
Coalition coordinator Lindsey German, speaking from the coalition’s headquarters in London, warned of the dangers of the “Greater Israel” project promoted by Israeli officials and supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, with the aim of seizing additional Arab lands and forcibly displacing Palestinians.
The coordinator criticized the absence of decisive positions from Arab governments threatened, she said, by their strategic ties involving arms deals and economic interests with Britain and the United States.

17. Two British activists released after disrupting Martin-Baker factory
Two activists were released on bail after successfully taking control of the roof of a Martin-Baker weapons factory. The direct protest action succeeded in halting operations at the site and disrupting supply chains supporting the Israeli occupation.
The factory was directly targeted because it is responsible for supplying and manufacturing ejection seats for F-35 fighter aircraft used by the occupation’s air force in its ongoing raids and attacks against civilians in Palestine.

18. Ireland’s largest trade union urges national team to boycott matches against Israeli occupation
The SIPTU trade union displayed a protest banner reading “Stop the Game” at Liberty Hall in the capital, Dublin, calling on the Football Association of Ireland and the national team to refuse to play their upcoming two matches against Israel in the UEFA Nations League.
SIPTU Deputy General Secretary Greg Ennis criticized the government and the Irish football association for imposing this position on players, asserting that the Israeli team consists of soldiers and reservists in an army conducting genocide that, according to the text, has resulted in the deaths of 74,000 Palestinians, including 21,000 children.

19. Canada bars Jerusalem deputy mayor from entering country and cancels his lecture
Canadian authorities revoked the electronic travel authorization of the deputy mayor of occupied Jerusalem, the far-right figure Aryeh King, preventing him from entering the country to deliver a lecture scheduled for that evening.
The Canadian decision followed documented legal submissions filed by the “Israel Now” center, which alleged King’s direct involvement in leading operations of ethnic cleansing and settlement expansion in occupied East Jerusalem—actions prohibited under international and Canadian law.

20. Protesters shut down property exhibition promoting settlements
Hundreds of activists and supporters of the Palestinian cause gathered in the streets of London to protest a major Israeli property exhibition showcasing confiscated Palestinian land and homes inside settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Protesters carried slogans calling for an end to British complicity in settlement expansion and the facilitation of sales of stolen land, describing the event as a direct contribution to deepening the settlement enterprise and occupation crimes.

21. Pressure grows within UK Labour Party to recognize genocide in Gaza
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is facing increasing pressure from within the Labour Party, ahead of the party conference scheduled for next month, to recognize that Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip amount to genocide and to take tougher measures against it, including a comprehensive ban on arms exports.
The pressure comes as calls grow within the party to move away from the approach taken by the previous government under Keir Starmer toward the war in Gaza, amid efforts to win back progressive voters who have moved away from Labour because of its position on the Palestinian issue.

International
22. Israeli soldiers set up provocative table at entrance to Columbia University
Soldiers from the occupation army set up a promotional table at the main entrance of Columbia University, displaying the slogan, “We’ve been to Gaza… Ask us anything,” in what was described as a public attempt to intimidate students and those calling for an end to genocide, as well as to harass and incite against them.
The provocative presence of soldiers who participated in the Gaza massacres has renewed accusations of complicity against the university administration, which, according to the text, continues to support the occupation through its endowment fund and investments.

23. U.S. Treasury imposes sanctions on Palestine Action
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Palestine Action after the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated it a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” (SDGT) organization.
The department claimed that the measure is part of the 2026 U.S. counterterrorism strategy, which considers “violent far-left terrorist groups” to be one of the main terrorist threats facing the United States.