Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin | Issue: 2555 | Date: Sunday, 13/09/2026

1. Two martyrs, shelling and gunfire as occupation violations continue in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces continued, for the 338th consecutive day, to violate the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip through shelling and gunfire targeting various areas of the Strip.

A medical source reported the death of citizen Hilal Mahmoud Saleh Abu Taha, who succumbed to injuries sustained from occupation forces’ gunfire in Khan Younis.

A medical source also reported the death of Iman Shalouf, 27, and her fetus in the seventh month of pregnancy, as a result of injuries she sustained in Mawasi Khan Younis three days ago.

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2. Occupation municipality forces Jerusalemite Palestinian to demolish five commercial structures in Wadi al-Joz

The occupation municipality in occupied Jerusalem forced Palestinian citizen Anas Tabash to demolish five commercial structures he owned in the Wadi al-Joz area, after threatening him with heavy fines if he failed to carry out the demolition.

“Tabash” was forced to remove his structures himself, in a step that adds to a series of occupation measures aimed at putting pressure on Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, particularly by targeting their property and sources of livelihood under pretexts and procedures related to construction and licensing.

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3. Settlers attack homes in the village of Yasuf, east of Salfit

Settlers attacked citizens’ homes in the village of Yasuf, east of Salfit.

Local sources reported that a group of settlers attacked homes located in the Al-Nasbeh area, east of the village, with no injuries reported.

In the same context, occupation soldiers seized a bulldozer belonging to one of the residents of the town of Bidya, west of Salfit, while it was working in the town.

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4. “Civil society organizations” to Safa: 800,000 citizens in dilapidated tents and 60% of children without education in the Strip

The general coordinator of the “Network of Civil Society Organizations,” Mohammad Saleh, confirmed that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is gradually deteriorating, explaining that 800,000 citizens are living in dilapidated tents and are in urgent need of replacing them, while the new school year will begin with around 60% of children deprived of their right to education.

Saleh said that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is very complex and multifaceted, and that the humanitarian response is very weak and limited, given the very limited quantities that the Israeli occupation allows to enter compared with citizens’ needs.

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5. #Video… Moment a Palestinian is wounded by occupation soldiers’ gunfire in Jenin

#Watch… A Palestinian was wounded in the incident. Circulating footage shows the moment Israeli occupation army soldiers opened fire on Palestinians who had gathered to confront settlers who had entered the lands of the village of Faqqu’a, east of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

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European

6. Demonstrations in Scotland, Germany and South Africa denouncing the war of extermination

Several countries and cities around the world witnessed popular marches and mass demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in condemnation of the ongoing massacres and acts of genocide committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip.

In Scotland, a large demonstration passed through the main streets, with participants raising Palestinian flags and demanding an immediate halt to the aggression, justice, and accountability for the occupation after years of mass killing and destruction.

In Germany, demonstrators in the city of Hanover protested against complicity with and support for the occupation and in opposition to the injustice inflicted on Palestinians, while the city of Durban in South Africa witnessed an angry march under the slogan “Friday for Palestine,” emphasizing the continuation of international support and the need to impose comprehensive international sanctions to isolate the Israeli apartheid regime.

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7. Boycott movement in Brazil calls on unions and workers to act to end complicity with the occupation

The movement to boycott “Israel” in Brazil announced that it was joining the urgent appeal issued by the Palestinian labor movement to workers and trade unions around the world to cut off all forms of complicity with the occupation and the crime of genocide.

This joint action comes as the third anniversary of the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip approaches, and coincides with preparations to commemorate the “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” on November 29.

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8. Activists launch Palestinian-flag kites in front of the Venice Film Festival

Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla and local organizations launched kites bearing the Palestinian flag from the beach opposite the “Palace of Cinema” in Italy, during the events of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, in solidarity with Gaza and to demand that the Palestinian flag be allowed to be raised at the festival.

This opening initiative coincided with the launch of the global kite-flying weekend activities on September 12 and 13 at 60 locations around the world, in response to orders by the occupation’s Minister of National Security, “Israel Katz,” to target children in Gaza on the pretext that they were flying kites.

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9. “Stop the match” slogan raised against the occupation during the Irish football league

Sports fans raised the slogan “Stop the match” during the match between “Bohemians” and “Galway United” at “Eamonn Deacy Park,” as part of the Irish football league.

The protest action was organized by the “Irish Athletes for Palestine” movement to call on international sports institutions to boycott the occupying entity and isolate it in the sporting arena, and to exert pressure to stop the ongoing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people.

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10. Solidarity activities at a French festival denouncing genocide

The Association France-Palestine Solidarité (AFPS) opened the first day of activities of the 2026 Fête de l’Humanité festival in France, amid a large public turnout and under a central slogan calling for an end to ethnic cleansing, the genocidal war, and Israeli annexation plans in Palestine.

The association called on supporters and those standing in solidarity to participate in discussion panels and awareness-raising activities taking place throughout the weekend inside its dedicated pavilion, located in the Palestine State Square at the festival, with the aim of strengthening and expanding the boycott and international solidarity movement and increasing popular pressure in France to confront the crimes of the occupation.

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11. More than 100 lawyers gather outside London’s Old Bailey in solidarity with Rajiv for his support for Palestine

More than 100 British lawyers gathered in a silent demonstration outside the “Old Bailey” court in London in support of King’s Counsel Rajiv Menon (Rajiv Menon KC), as he faces unprecedented legal proceedings on a charge of “contempt of court.”

Menon faces a two-year prison sentence because of his closing argument last January, in which he defended the “Filton 6” group affiliated with the Palestine Action movement, which targeted an arms factory belonging to the Israeli company “Elbit Systems.”

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12. Green Party leader vows to fight complicity with the occupation from within the British Parliament

The leader of the British Green Party, Zack Polanski, officially announced his candidacy for the by-election in the “Holborn and St Pancras” constituency scheduled for next October, pledging to make opposition to Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip a central pillar of his electoral campaign in order to challenge the Labour Party from the political left.

Polanski stated, following his victory in the party’s internal vote against local council member Hamza Choudhury, that the British government had moved from complicity to actual participation in genocide through the continuation of commercial and arms relations with the occupation and its illegal settlements.

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13. Demonstration outside the British Parliament calls for closure of the occupation’s embassy

Pro-Palestinian activists gathered in a large protest outside the Parliament in London, coinciding with the session of questions addressed to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, to demand the immediate and complete closure of all institutions linked to the occupation under the slogan “Close it now.”

The demonstrators criticized the position of the current Labour government, describing its steps toward recognizing the crimes and atrocities committed by the Zionist entity as small, insignificant, and far too late.

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14. Activists disrupt meeting of company supplying materials for warplanes in Britain

Pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the annual shareholders’ meeting of the British company “James Cropper plc” after raising questions about the company’s involvement in supplying materials used in the manufacture of Israeli warplanes.

The activists disrupted the meeting by directing questions to board members and executives, before security guards intervened, dragged them away, and removed them from the hall when they began reciting the names of victims who had been killed as a result of airstrikes.

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15. Protests against hosting 19 Israeli companies in Poland

The area surrounding the exhibition center in the Polish city of Kielce witnessed a protest that included an attempt to deliver a petition calling for the exclusion of Israeli companies from the activities of the “International Defence Industry Exhibition” (MSPO).

More than 19 Israeli companies responsible for supplying weapons and technologies used in the genocide in Palestine participated in the exhibition, alongside major companies such as “Palantir,” which has signed contracts with the Polish Ministry of Defence.

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International

16. John Malkovich cancels his Tel Aviv performance after fabricated pro-occupation statements are attributed to him

American actor John Malkovich announced the cancellation of his participation in the performance of “The Music Critic,” scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv on April 13, 2027, after statements supporting the occupation were attributed to him in a press release that he said he had neither written nor approved.

The public relations company hired by Israeli producer Alon Yurik had drafted a statement attributed to Malkovich saying that he was “excited to return to Israel” and looked forward to meeting an audience toward whom he felt “great closeness and solidarity.”

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17. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators confront an Israeli soldier in San Francisco

Video footage documented an angry confrontation and public reprimand led by activists and Palestine supporters against a former Israeli soldier after he was spotted on public transportation in the American city of San Francisco.

Bus passengers were surprised to discover the identity of the soldier, who was wearing an Israeli military insignia. Activists confronted him over the ongoing crimes of the occupation, prompting the soldier to publicly admit that he had directly participated in the invasion and incursion into Lebanon in 1982, before later joining the U.S. Army.

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18. Poll: American sympathy for Palestine surpasses that for “Israel” for the first time

The results of an opinion poll in the United States revealed that the percentage of Americans who sympathize with Palestinians had surpassed the percentage who sympathize with “Israelis,” for the first time.

Quinnipiac University conducted an opinion poll asking participants about their views of the Palestinian and “Israeli” peoples.

According to the university, 38% of participants said they “sympathize more” with Palestinians, compared with 35% who sympathize with “Israelis,” while 27% expressed no opinion.

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19. Israel orders British military team to leave the West Bank after it documented settler attacks

The British newspaper “The Telegraph” reported that the Israeli occupation authorities ordered a British military team operating in the occupied West Bank to leave the Palestinian territories after its role had expanded in recent years to include monitoring settler attacks and preparing field reports on them, which were submitted to London and Washington, in addition to its primary mission of training the Palestinian Authority’s security forces.

According to a report published by the newspaper, the British team, consisting of around ten military personnel and based in Ramallah, was given seven days to leave the occupied territories. The newspaper said the move came in the context of measures taken by Israel in response to British trade sanctions targeting settlements in the West Bank.

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20. BRICS summit opposes displacement of Palestinians and calls for ceasefire in Gaza

The final statement of the 18th summit of the leaders of the “BRICS” group, held in India, expressed opposition to the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.

Following the summit, held in New Delhi under the title “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability,” the statement called for respect for United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Gaza Strip.