Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin | Issue: 2568 | Date: Saturday, 26/09/2026

1. One killed and several injured in Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Khan Younis

A citizen was killed and others were injured in an airstrike carried out by Israeli warplanes targeting a civilian vehicle in Khan Younis.

Local sources said that Israeli forces targeted the vehicle near the gate of Wijdan Camp, west of Al-Aqsa University in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The attack resulted in one death and several injuries.

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### 2\. 942 checkpoints and obstacles: Israeli forces further fragment the West Bank

Updated data from the Palestinian Commission Against the Wall and Settlements revealed that the system of Israeli military checkpoints, gates, and obstacles in the West Bank has expanded to 942 checkpoints and obstacles.

According to the Commission, this development is reshaping the Palestinian geographic space and imposing increasing restrictions on citizens’ movement and their access to their lands and service centers.

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### 3\. Horrific scene: Details of Israeli soldiers’ killing of prisoner Thaer Abu Asab at Naqab Prison

New details have emerged regarding the killing of prisoner Thaer Samih Abu Asab inside Naqab Desert Prison. He died on November 18, 2023, as a result of direct torture to which he was subjected by members of the Israeli prison authorities’ repression forces and officers.

The incident began in the afternoon, when prisoner Abu Asab asked one of the guards whether there was an ongoing truce in the Gaza Strip. In the evening, officers and members of the repression forces isolated Abu Asab, along with a number of other prisoners, inside one of the cells and subjected them to severe beatings and harsh abuse.

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### 4\. Israeli forces extend journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi’s administrative detention by four months

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces decided to place journalist Alaa Hassan Al-Rimawi, from the town of Beit Rima, under administrative detention for four months.

Israeli forces had arrested Al-Rimawi the previous week after raiding his home in the city of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, according to his family.

The family said at the time that an Israeli force had raided the house and taken journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi to an unknown location.

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### 5\. Settlers burn vehicles and spray racist slogans in Rantis, west of Ramallah

Israeli settlers partially burned three vehicles and spray-painted racist slogans in the village of Rantis, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources reported that a number of settlers infiltrated the village at 3 a.m. and set fire to three vehicles before residents confronted them and forced them to leave. The vehicles sustained partial damage.

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### 6\. Israeli forces arrest a child in Beita, south of Nablus

Israeli forces arrested a child in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces raided the town at dawn, searched a house, and arrested 17-year-old Mahmoud Zahir Mahmoud Dawoud.

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## **European**

### 7\. After delegations walk out during Netanyahu’s speech, boycott movement calls for Israel’s membership to be suspended

The boycott movement condemned, in a statement, the decision to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over alleged genocide crimes in Gaza — a platform at the United Nations.

The movement accused him of using his speech to justify Israeli crimes against unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip and described his speech as using “racist and colonial language.”

The boycott movement also accused Israel of violating international law and targeting United Nations personnel and property, calling for the suspension of its membership and the imposition of comprehensive sanctions, in light of what it described as states’ legal obligations following decisions by the International Court of Justice.

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### 8\. French activist sues Israelis for torture after being abducted from the Global Sumud Flotilla

French political scientist and activist Thomas Guénolé filed a complaint in France alleging torture, following what he said was mistreatment and abuse he suffered after being abducted by Israeli forces following the interception of the “Global Sumud Flotilla,” which was heading to Gaza in 2025.

Guénolé said the complaint targets Israeli individuals whom he accused of “abducting and mistreating him,” including Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

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### 9\. More than 80 social clubs and pubs refuse to show Ireland-Israel matches

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) announced that more than 80 Irish pubs, social clubs, and Irish gathering places around the world had pledged not to show matches between the Irish national team and Israel in the UEFA Nations League, as part of the **#StopTheGame** campaign.

According to the movement, the list includes pubs and clubs in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Derry, Galway, and other Irish cities, as well as venues in London, New York, Toronto, Lanzarote, Málaga, Zurich, Tenerife, Vancouver, and elsewhere.

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## **International**

### 10\. Doctors gather at the U.S. Congress to demand an end to arms sales to Israel

Doctors from across the United States gathered at Capitol Hill, the seat of Congress, and organized an action inside the building demanding an end to arms sales and to what they described as Israel’s ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.

During the action, one doctor spoke about the suffering of members of his family in the Gaza Strip, explaining that they had experienced successive losses over the course of nearly 20 years, to the point that family members were forced to follow news about one another through social media.

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### 11\. Actresses Hannah Einbinder and Susan Sarandon detained during protests against Netanyahu

Actresses Hannah Einbinder and Susan Sarandon were seen handcuffed while being detained in New York during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, coinciding with his participation in the United Nations General Assembly meetings.

Images of the two actresses being led away from the protest site shortly before Netanyahu’s speech began circulated widely. It was not yet clear whether they had been formally arrested or were being temporarily detained.

Variety magazine said it had contacted the New York Police Department and representatives of the actresses for clarification.

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### 12\. Hashtag **#Netanyahu\_CenturyKiller** sweeps social media platforms

The hashtag **#Netanyahu\_CenturyKiller** swept across social media platforms as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his speech before the United Nations General Assembly.

The hashtag **#NetanyahuCenturysMurderer** topped trending-topic lists in countries across the Middle East, Turkey, and the United States, following a wave of criticism over Netanyahu’s participation in the United Nations General Assembly meetings and his address to the assembly.

Social media users launched the hashtag to draw global attention to the tragic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing Israeli offensive. They also posted videos and images documenting dozens of delegations and representatives walking out of the United Nations General Assembly hall as soon as Netanyahu took the podium to deliver his speech.

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### 13\. Dozens of delegations leave the UN hall during Netanyahu’s speech

Dozens of delegates and national delegations left the United Nations General Assembly hall as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium to deliver his speech, in protest against the war in the Gaza Strip.

Footage from inside the hall showed large numbers of representatives leaving their seats before the speech began, while other delegations remained in place. Some attendees also shouted and booed during Netanyahu’s speech.

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### 14\. “War criminal”: Thousands protest against Netanyahu in New York over Gaza

Thousands of people demonstrated in New York in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who came to the city to participate in the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The protesters called for an end to what they described as “Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza” and an end to occupation policies and the forced displacement of Palestinians.

The protesters gathered outside the New York Public Library on 42nd Street, carrying Palestinian flags and signs opposing Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories. Other signs described Netanyahu as a “war criminal,” while New York police were deployed around the protest.

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### 15\. Activists in Tokyo challenge Israeli ambassador

Pro-Palestinian Japanese activists rejected allegations by Israel’s appointed ambassador to Japan, Emmanuel Navon, that Qatar had financed the protest held outside the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo on September 8. They demanded that he provide evidence for his claim or withdraw it and apologize.

During a press conference held in Tokyo by the “Emergency Action for Peace in Palestine” group, Takada Ken, a member of the organizing committee, said the cost of the protest had not exceeded approximately 10,000 yen, or less than $100, emphasizing that the group had received no external funding.

More than 100 protesters had taken part in the action, which also called for Navon to be expelled from Japan.

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### 16\. **#Video… Mass walkouts as Benjamin Netanyahu begins his speech**

**#Watch…** Mass walkouts by international delegations from the United Nations hall in New York as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium to deliver his speech.

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### 17\. Mamdani plants an olive tree alongside Palestinian families in New York

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani planted an olive tree outside his residence at Gracie Mansion alongside Palestinian families from the Gaza Strip, in a gesture carrying a message associated with peace and with what Palestinian olive trees and lands are experiencing through uprooting and destruction.

During the event, Mamdani said: “May peace be our future,” and later posted a video on his account on the platform X documenting the moment the tree was planted.