Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin | Issue: 2571 | Date: Tuesday, 29/09/2026

1. Health: 4 fatalities and 19 injuries arrived at Gaza hospitals within 24 hours
Gaza Strip hospitals received 4 new fatalities and 19 injured people over the past 24 hours as a result of the continued Israeli offensive, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
In its daily statistical report, the ministry said that the cumulative death toll from the offensive since its beginning has risen to 74,022 fatalities and 175,098 injuries.

2. Occupation forces close the Ibrahimi Mosque for 3 days under the pretext of Jewish holidays
Israeli occupation forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron to residents and decided to keep it closed until next Wednesday, under the pretext of securing settlers’ celebrations of the so-called Jewish “Feast of Tabernacles” (Sukkot).
The closure of the mosque comes amid escalating military measures imposed by the occupation forces in Hebron, where they have reinforced their deployment and closed all military checkpoints and electronic gates leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque, citing the need to secure settlers’ celebrations inside the mosque and its courtyards.

3. Settlers attack a home in Al-Mughayyir as clashes and gunfire erupt east of the village
Settlers attacked the home of citizen Abdel Rahim Haj Mohammad (Abu Ayman) in the town of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, as clashes broke out between residents and settlers around the town.
Local sources reported that the settlers attacked Haj Mohammad’s home as part of repeated assaults carried out by settlers operating from an outpost established in the Al-Qala’a area east of Al-Mughayyir, targeting residents, their homes, and their property.

4. Settlers assault an elderly man and pour boiling water over his body in Sebastia
Settlers assaulted an elderly man in the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus.
Local sources said that a number of settlers attacked 75-year-old Bilal Kayed while he was on his land and beat him.

The sources added that the settlers poured boiling water over his body, and he was taken to hospital for treatment.

5. 150 to 200 cases daily: warning of a serious outbreak of skin diseases among displaced people in Gaza
Raed Abu Suraya, a dermatology consultant with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, warned of a widespread outbreak of skin and infectious diseases among displaced people in the Gaza Strip amid deteriorating living and health conditions, severe overcrowding in displacement sites, and shortages of water and hygiene supplies.
Abu Suraya said overcrowding is one of the main causes of the rapid spread of diseases, explaining that a single tent houses between 15 and 20 people, while displaced people are suffering from an acute shortage of safe drinking water and cleaning and personal hygiene supplies.

He revealed that the number of cases is increasing daily, noting that he personally examines between 150 and 200 cases each day at Palestine Red Crescent and Ministry of Health clinics, a rate similar to that recorded by medical staff in various parts of the Strip.

6. Staff evacuated from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza after occupation forces advance near it
Medical services reported the evacuation of staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, following the advance of Israeli army military vehicles near the hospital.
Local sources said medical services at the hospital were disrupted and that medical staff withdrew out of fear for their lives.

Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was partially destroyed by occupation forces during the war and whose sections were subsequently restored, provides medical services to thousands of residents in northern Gaza.

European
7. Britain announces ban on imports of goods from settlements
The British foreign secretary announced that the country would impose a ban on imports of goods originating from Israeli settlements deemed illegal.
The minister said that the suffering in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank represents “a stain on the conscience of the world,” amid the continued deterioration of humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territories.

8. Settlement-product ban sparks diplomatic dispute between the Netherlands and Israel
The Netherlands expressed its deep regret over Israel’s decision to revoke the diplomatic status of its representatives to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.
It stressed that its decision to ban imports of products from Israeli settlements is not directed against Israel.

Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said the Israeli decision was unnecessary, adding that his country was considering its response.

9. #Video: Runner raises Palestinian flag during the Berlin International Marathon
#Watch… Amid chants and applause, a runner raised the Palestinian flag while taking part in the Berlin International Marathon in the German capital.
10. Activists confront British Energy Secretary over lifting ban on Palestine Action
Pro-Palestinian activists confronted British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, demanding immediate intervention to lift the government ban imposed on the Palestine Action movement.
The confrontation with the minister came as British police outside the restaurant arrested around 200 demonstrators under the “Terrorism Act” simply for holding paper signs supporting the movement.

11. Dutch authorities search passengers of Israeli airline to prevent settlement products from entering the country
Dutch customs authorities subjected passengers on an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam to thorough customs inspections to ensure that their luggage contained no goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
The measure was implemented pursuant to a Dutch government decision that came into force on September 22, banning the import, possession, or sale of settlement goods and imposing severe penalties, including up to six years in prison for violators.

12. “TT Electronics” headquarters in Woking targeted over alleged involvement in the war
This morning, activists from the group “People Against Genocide” attacked the headquarters of “TT Electronics” in the British city of Woking, protesting what they described as the company’s complicity and its shipment of military components to support the Israeli war machine.
The protesters blocked the company’s gates. The company is described as a major supplier to the “Israeli drone factory” owned by Elbit Systems, described in the text as the largest weapons manufacturer in the Israeli entity, in the British city of Leicester.

13. Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård wears solidarity pin at San Sebastián Festival closing ceremony
Internationally renowned Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård wore a “Free Palestine” pin on his chest while attending the closing ceremony of the 74th edition of the San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain in 2026.
Skarsgård’s public show of solidarity came as he walked the red carpet and appeared on the festival’s main stage, using the event’s media attention and international coverage to highlight what the text describes as the justness of the Palestinian cause.

14. British police crack down on solidarity rally for Palestine Action in Liverpool
Merseyside Police announced the arrest of more than 50 demonstrators outside the venue of the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool after they declared their solidarity with the banned Palestine Action group.
The protest was organized with the participation of more than 250 demonstrators at the invitation of the group “Defend Our Juries” on the first day of the conference. Participants held signs supporting the group, which the Labour government designated as a “terrorist” organization in July 2025 under the Terrorism Act.

15. Activists smear the headquarters of British engineering company linked to Israeli factory
A group of activists from “People Against Genocide” attacked the headquarters of “PAIS Limited” engineering systems company in the British county of Essex, protesting what they described as its involvement in supplying military components to Israeli occupation weapons factories.
The targeted company supplies vital electronic parts and components to the drone factory operated by Elbit Systems, described in the text as a major Israeli weapons company, in the British city of Leicester.

16. Symbolic event in Aberdeen commemorates the children of Gaza
The Aberdeen branch of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign organized a symbolic protest event to commemorate more than 21,000 Palestinian children killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, including more than 300 children who were killed after the announcement of the so-called “ceasefire.”
The event included placing hundreds of baby and children’s shoes to symbolize the lives taken during the prolonged war, as well as painting bicycles in the colors of the Palestinian flag to affirm the right of Gaza’s children to live and play.

International
17. Activists interrupt Brooklyn Navy Yard president’s speech and demand removal of company supporting the occupation
Pro-Palestinian activists disrupted an event featuring Lindsay Greene, president and chief executive of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, demanding that she cancel public-land leasing contracts with military-industrial company “Crye Precision,” which supplies the Israeli occupation army with military technology and equipment.
The action was carried out in cooperation with the “Disarm the Brooklyn Navy Yard” movement, in protest against the use of public land belonging to New York City by a military company that profits from the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip and supplies the Israeli army and the U.S. immigration enforcement agency with military systems and equipment.

18. Two Democratic candidates answer question about the war in Gaza
#Watch… U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson and U.S. House candidate Matthew Dunlap are asked whether they would describe Israel’s actions as genocide and vote against sending funding to the occupation.
19. Aziz Al-Shair defies league sanctions and commemorates the names of two girls killed in Gaza
American football star and Houston Texans linebacker Aziz Al-Shair defied mounting pressure and successive sanctions from the National Football League by taking the field with strips of tape under his eyes bearing the names of two Palestinian girls, Lana and Bana Ahmed, who were killed.
Al-Shair’s gesture came during his team’s game against the Indianapolis Colts, commemorating sisters Lana and Bana, who were killed alongside their parents in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their home in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

20. Israeli campaign against Cleveland hospital employee over her anti-occupation views
The “Stop Antisemitism” platform launched a direct campaign against specialist Morgan Greer, an employee of the “MetroHealth” healthcare system in Cleveland, Ohio, with the aim of putting pressure on her and attempting to push the hospital administration to dismiss her.
The campaign followed posts published on Greer’s personal Facebook account in which she stated that the Zionist entity was established on “stolen land” and condemned the Israeli army’s alleged crimes and systematic policies.

21. Euro-Mediterranean Monitor: “Israel is turning Gaza into the largest ‘ghetto’ in modern history”
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said that “Israel is turning the Gaza Strip into the largest ‘ghetto’ in modern history” and is killing its residents one after another in what it described as an ongoing genocide that has lasted for three years.
In a statement, the monitor explained that the area of the Gaza Strip has been reduced to 30%, after around 2.2 million Palestinians were confined to a narrow and devastated geographic area. It said that the “yellow zone” and Israeli buffer zones have consumed large areas, while hundreds of thousands of people are crowded into camps lacking the minimum necessities for life.

22. #Video: Ben-Gvir threatens prisoner Hassan Salameh with the death penalty
These public threats come alongside the Israeli Knesset’s approval of a law allowing the death penalty to be imposed on Palestinian prisoners, and the beginning of preparations by the prison service to establish special rooms for carrying out executions.