European-Palestinian Media Center (EPAL) Bulletin | Issue: 2558 | Date: Thursday, 17/09/2026

1. 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip**

Five Palestinians were killed and the body of a fisherman was recovered as a result of Israeli shelling and gunfire targeting areas across the Gaza Strip, amid escalating violations of the ceasefire by the occupation. The occupation army continues to violate the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which has been in effect since October of last year.

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**2\. 20 killed and 65 missing in the collapse of a residential building west of Gaza**

Twenty Palestinians, including children, were killed and others were injured, while around 65 people remain missing following the collapse of a six-story residential building in the Al-Sina’a Street area west of Gaza City, according to the Civil Defense in the Strip.

In its latest update, the Civil Defense confirmed that the number of people killed and recovered from beneath the rubble of the building since dawn had risen to 20, while 16 people, including 10 injured, had been rescued.

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**3\. Prisoner Moataz Abu Sneineh from Hebron dies in Israeli occupation prisons**

Family sources announced the death of prisoner Moataz Al-Atrash Abu Sneineh from the city of Hebron while in Israeli occupation prisons.

The sources explained that Abu Sneineh had been held in administrative detention for a year, without further details being available regarding the circumstances of his death.

The death of Abu Sneineh comes as part of a series of deaths inside the occupation’s prisons, which repeatedly occur as a result of what Palestinian institutions describe as deliberate medical neglect, torture, and mistreatment of detainees.

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**4\. 9,350 prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons: Thousands without trial as conditions continue to deteriorate**

The number of prisoners held in Israeli occupation prisons reached 9,350 as of the beginning of September, including 90 female prisoners and more than 350 children, according to data published by Palestinian prisoners’ institutions, based on the information available to them and on figures announced by the occupation’s prison authorities concerning certain categories.

The data showed that the number of administrative detainees had reached 3,176, while the number of detainees classified by the occupation authorities as “unlawful combatants” stood at 1,393.

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**5\. Generators are dying and hospitals are waiting: Gaza Health Ministry warns of shutdown of vital departments**

The crisis facing Gaza’s healthcare sector is no longer limited to its declining ability to receive patients and the wounded. It now threatens the ability of the hospitals themselves to remain operational.

The Ministry of Health warned that the healthcare system is being pushed toward collapse amid shortages of fuel, oil, spare parts, medicines, and medical supplies, confirming that more than 70% of the main electricity generators are out of service.

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**6\. NGO Network: Occupation’s blocking of shelter supplies threatens further collapses of Gaza homes**

Mohammad Saleh, coordinator of the NGO Network in Gaza, warned that the lives of civilians are at risk of death as a result of the severe shortage of shelter supplies and the lack of tents and temporary housing.

He said this situation threatens the collapse of more dilapidated buildings in which residents are forced to live, stressing that without urgent and immediate intervention, further collapses will occur as winter approaches.

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**7\. Warnings of escalating settlement expansion in Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem**

The Jerusalem Governorate warned of escalating settlement expansion in the town of Beit Iksa, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, following the establishment by settlers of a new settlement outpost in the Khirbet Al-Alawna area on the town’s lands, under the protection of occupation forces. This is the second outpost established within four months.

The governorate reported that a group of settlers had begun constructing structures and facilities in Khirbet Al-Alawna, which serves as a recreational and leisure area for local residents, in a move aimed at establishing a new settlement presence and imposing a fait accompli on the town’s lands.

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**8\. 90 female prisoners in Damon Prison subjected to harsh conditions and unprecedented overcrowding**

The Prisoners’ Media Office revealed that around 90 Palestinian female prisoners are being held in Damon Prison under harsh detention conditions, including unprecedented overcrowding and ongoing medical neglect.

The office explained that a room designated for three female prisoners now accommodates around 10, severely restricting their living conditions, particularly during sleep due to the lack of sufficient space for rest.

It also noted that the food provided to the prisoners remains extremely scarce and insufficient to alleviate hunger, amounting only to the minimum needed to keep them alive.

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**9\. Gaza Municipalities Union calls for urgent international intervention to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble of “Al-Saada”**

The Union of Municipalities in the Gaza Strip called for immediate international intervention to provide heavy machinery and debris-removal equipment to save lives and evacuate people trapped beneath the rubble of a residential building that collapsed on approximately 100 residents in the Al-Sina’a area of Gaza City.

The union explained that municipal and rescue teams are facing a severe shortage of the heavy equipment and machinery needed to deal with collapsed buildings, in addition to a lack of spare parts, oils, and maintenance supplies, hindering a rapid response and access to victims.

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_European_

**10\. Letter delivered to Irish Ministry of Sport calling for a boycott of Israel**

The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) delivered an official letter to the Irish Ministry of Sport calling for a comprehensive boycott of Ireland’s national football team’s matches against the Israeli occupation entity in the UEFA Nations League.

The call to boycott matches involving what the campaign describes as an apartheid regime received direct signatures and support from the sports spokespeople of the country’s five main political parties: Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, Labour, People Before Profit, and the Green Party.

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**11\. Madrid Ideas Festival suspends Allianz sponsorship over alleged funding of the occupation**

Organizers of the “Ideas” cultural festival in the Spanish capital, Madrid, suspended their sponsorship agreement with German insurance giant Allianz in response to widespread boycott demands.

The suspension came ahead of the four-day festival after more than 20 figures from the arts and culture sectors, including director Rodrigo Sorogoyen and writer Zadie Smith, threatened to withdraw entirely in protest against what they described as the whitewashing of the company’s economic image.

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**12\. New Zealand party adopting a program to dismantle the occupation enters elections amid allegations of Zionist incitement**

The Palestine Party, “From the River to the Sea,” secured the right to official political registration in New Zealand and plans to contest the upcoming general election with a program calling for an end to support for the occupation and the dismantling of the Zionist entity.

The New Zealand Electoral Commission officially approved the party’s registration after it surpassed the required threshold of 500 members, overcoming more than 200 objections and what the party described as incitement by Zionist organizations seeking to prevent its inclusion on the ballot.

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**13\. East Ham council in the British capital raises the Palestinian flag for the first time**

The decision followed intensive collective efforts led by the NVP group and local activists, including correspondence with the council’s mayor and council members from various political parties to challenge what they described as double standards.

Residents protested the council’s initial refusal to raise the flag, comparing it with the council’s raising of the Ukrainian flag for more than two years. This prompted the campaign to continue its pressure and reject what it described as a policy of ignoring the issue, until securing the official recognition of solidarity with the Palestinian people against the occupation.

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**14\. French senator calls for an end to the occupation and the release of Marwan Barghouti**

French Senator and director of the newspaper _L’Humanité_, Fabien Gay, called for the immediate end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, affirming his country’s support for the Palestinian people’s full right to self-determination and to establish an independent state.

During his speech at the annual _Fête de L’Humanité_ festival in France, Gay called for an international campaign to exert pressure for the prisoner Marwan Barghouti to gain his full freedom from occupation prisons.

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**15\. Murals of Marwan Barghouti appear in Argentina calling for his release**

The Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, witnessed the launch of an artistic campaign in its streets calling for an end to what organizers described as the ongoing illegal detention of Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti.

Argentine artist Manux.on, in cooperation with the international “Freedom for Marwan Now” campaign, designed posters and murals that were placed on billboards and in public squares across the city. They featured quotations attributed to Barghouti emphasizing his willingness to sacrifice his individual freedom for the freedom of his people.

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_International_

**16\. U.S. federal finding against Cisco over discrimination against employees supporting Palestine**

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) concluded that Cisco Systems violated the civil rights of its Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim employees by subjecting them to a hostile work environment and systematic racial harassment.

The federal commission affirmed in its determination that there were reasonable grounds to establish the technology company’s involvement in violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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**17\. America’s largest nurses’ union launches global campaign to divest from Palantir over alleged involvement in genocide**

National Nurses United announced the launch of a week of global escalation and field actions beginning on September 28, calling on hospitals and public institutions to terminate their contracts with and immediately divest from technology company Palantir.

The union, which represents more than 225,000 nurses across the United States, called for the cancellation of all partnerships with the company and for a boycott, accusing it of developing software and artificial intelligence technologies used for mass surveillance and for targeting civilians and vital infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

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**18\. Professor Noura Erakat arrested during protest against the occupation in Palm Beach**

Palm Beach County police in the U.S. state of Florida arrested Palestinian-American lawyer and professor Noura Erakat following her participation in a large demonstration inside the county budget chamber.

More than 100 South Florida residents and activists, joined by former U.S. State Department official Charles Blaha and activist Oliver Larkin, attended the hearing to deliver public comments opposing the county’s record $1 billion investment in Israeli occupation bonds.

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**19\. Pakistan withdraws from match against Israeli team at International Chess Olympiad**

The Pakistani national team boycotted its scheduled match against “Israel” at the 46th World Chess Olympiad 2026, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, according to the Pakistan Chess Federation, which attributed the decision to its country’s policy toward Israel and to solidarity with the Palestinian people.

The match between Pakistan and “Israel” was scheduled as part of the opening round of the prestigious international tournament. However, the Pakistani team refused to face its Israeli counterpart and did not participate in the scheduled match.