Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin – Issue No. 2586 – Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026

1. Gaza Health Ministry: 7 killed and 7 injured in the past 24 hours

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that hospitals across the Strip had received 7 people killed and 7 injured over the past 24 hours. The fatalities include two people recently killed, three who died from injuries sustained earlier, and the bodies of two people recovered from beneath the rubble.

The Ministry explained that, since the ceasefire came into effect on October 11, 2025, the death toll has risen to 1,498, while the total number of injured has reached 5,306. In addition, the bodies of 838 people have been recovered.

## 2. Ministry of Social Development warns: 300,000 families in Gaza at risk of flooding as winter approaches

The Palestinian Ministry of Social Development has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe threatening approximately 300,000 families in the Gaza Strip as storm systems begin to arrive and the fourth consecutive winter approaches for displaced people living in tents. The situation is compounded by a severe shortage of shelter supplies and the deteriorating condition of the tents currently in use.

The Ministry stated that approximately 90% of existing tents have become worn out, torn, and unfit for habitation after two years of continuous use and exposure to sunlight and wind. It also noted that 85% of residential units across the Strip have been completely or partially damaged, leaving tents as the only available shelter for thousands of families.

## 3. Occupation forces assault doctor Marwan al-Hams in Ben-Gvir’s presence, leaving him with fractures and severe pain

The Prisoners’ Media Office has revealed details of the assault on Palestinian medical personnel detained in Israeli occupation prisons. It confirmed that doctor Marwan al-Hams was beaten and directly restrained in the presence of Israeli National Security Minister and far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir at the “Janut” detention facility on October 7 of this month.

The office explained that doctor al-Hams firmly confronted Ben-Gvir’s provocations and remained committed to fulfilling his professional and humanitarian duties toward patients and the injured, despite the intimidation and abuse to which he was subjected.

## 4. Occupation forces raid central Ramallah, storm civil society organizations, and seize human rights documents

Israeli occupation forces raided central Ramallah and deployed across several neighborhoods, storming human rights organizations and civil society institutions. The operation involved the extensive use of tear gas and the deployment of snipers at several locations.

Local sources reported that occupation forces, reinforced by military trucks, raided the Qaddura refugee camp in the city center and positioned themselves near the government-run Palestine Medical Complex, blocking traffic in the surrounding area.

## 5. #Video: Occupation soldiers abuse young Palestinians

#Watch: Footage documents Israeli occupation soldiers abusing several young Palestinians in the Hamasa area of Dura, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

# European News

## 6. Belgian foreign minister announces measures to boycott settlements

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot announced that his country had decided to adopt punitive measures at the national level to pressure the Israeli occupation government, after growing frustrated with delays and the slow pace of collective action by the European Union.

In an interview in Luxembourg, Prévot reaffirmed Belgium’s unequivocal condemnation of violations of international law committed in the Gaza Strip and the continued obstruction of humanitarian aid deliveries. He also denounced attempts to destroy the Palestinian people’s political prospects and obstruct the establishment of a unified Palestinian administration in the Gaza Strip.

## 7. Factory producing weapons for the occupation blockaded in Peterborough

Activists from the Palestine Action movement blockaded the military manufacturing facility operated by Geospectrum Technologies in Peterborough, Ontario, to protest its direct involvement in arming the occupying entity.

In a statement, the movement confirmed that the factory is wholly owned by Elbit Systems, described as the largest arms manufacturer in the occupying entity and one of the biggest beneficiaries of the genocide committed against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

## 8. Occupation authorities decide to deport head of French organization and activists who documented Israeli crimes

The occupation police announced that those detained included the head of the French organization Agir pour la Palestine, which campaigns against Zionism and supports the boycott movement. The police described her as a “prominent extremist” who poses a threat to the occupation’s security apparatus.

The three human rights activists were arrested at a military checkpoint surrounding Hebron’s Old City and separating its neighborhoods to protect settlement outposts. Occupation soldiers detained them and confiscated their phones and equipment after discovering videos and photographs documenting abuses committed by soldiers against Palestinian civilians.

## 9. Demonstration in Canada condemns the ongoing genocide in Gaza

The General Committee of Education Workers organized a large protest at Queen’s Park in Toronto, Canada, to expose the crimes of ethnic cleansing and the Israeli occupation’s continued seizure of Palestinian land.

The labor mobilization was held to condemn the international community’s complicity. In a statement, the coalition emphasized that the announcement of the purported ceasefire had not prevented the Israeli war machine from continuing to commit systematic massacres and mass killings. Meanwhile, armed land seizures and confiscations have intensified to facilitate the expansion of settlements.

## 10. Scottish government accused of funding US company that arms the occupation army

The governing Scottish National Party (SNP) has faced accusations of a “blatant breach” of its official commitments to boycott entities complicit in the occupation, following the allocation of millions of pounds in public funding to the US aerospace and aviation company GE Aerospace, which is linked to supplying military equipment to the Israeli army.

Scottish Green Party parliamentarian Laura Moodie stated that providing taxpayers’ money to a company with a shameful history of arming an occupation involved in serious human rights violations represents a complete reversal of the Scottish Parliament’s decision to impose a boycott and divest from entities complicit in the genocide.

## 11. British MP: Pro-Palestinian solidarity campaigns will continue because the genocide is still ongoing

John McDonnell, a Labour Party MP, has called on the British government to immediately halt all arms sales and end trade with “Israel,” describing the current punitive measures as insufficient to prevent the ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.

The call comes amid widespread violations by the occupation army of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which has been in effect since October 2025. According to the Ministry of Health, these violations have resulted in the deaths of 1,460 Palestinians and injuries to another 5,116.

## 12. Global isolation: The Netherlands bars Hapoel Be’er Sheva fans from attending their match in Alkmaar

Local authorities in Alkmaar upheld a ban preventing fans of the Israeli club from attending their team’s match against AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League on October 15, after classifying the fixture as a “high-risk match.”

The incident follows the events in Amsterdam in November 2024, when racist Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters chanted slogans calling for the killing of Arabs and Palestinians.

## 13. From Canada to Auckland: Activists target an Elbit subsidiary and FedEx shipments of weapons for the occupation

Palestine Action Canada targeted Geospectrum Technologies in Peterborough, Ontario, a company wholly owned by the Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems.

In Auckland, the “Aucklanders for Arms Embargo” campaign called on FedEx to stop shipping weapons components to the occupation through the city’s airport, according to a statement released by the campaign.

## 14. Bank refuses to deny a $1.2 million deal: Activists stage weekly protests outside AIB branches

The boycott movement in Belfast protested the Irish bank AIB’s refusal to deny entering into a $1.2 million deal with the Israeli technology company “SNYK.”

Activists, joined by groups from across Ireland, announced that they would continue their actions week after week. They also reported that customers were progressively closing their accounts with the bank.

# International News

## 15. Haverford College administration cancels student event commemorating the genocide

Wendy Raymond, president of Haverford College in Pennsylvania, canceled a pro-Palestinian solidarity art event scheduled for October 7, yielding to incitement campaigns launched by Zionist groups.

The arbitrary cancellation came after student organizers from the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) refused to comply with pressure from the administration to postpone the event and change its date.

The students stood firm in defending their right to commemorate the third anniversary of the escalation of the systematic war of genocide and Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

## 16. Israeli man threatens police while harassing New York University students

A video circulated on social media shows an individual affiliated with the occupying entity pursuing and intimidating New York University students who oppose the genocidal war and are calling for divestment from the occupation’s institutions.

The footage shows the man verbally and physically harassing students continuing their solidarity activism. He also displayed a photograph of himself wearing the Israeli occupation army’s official military uniform, boasting about his crimes and attempting to instill fear among the activists.

## 17. Two Israeli settlers caught stealing from a store in Thailand

Employees at a 7-Eleven store in the Patong area of Thailand’s Phuket Island caught two Israeli tourists attempting to steal merchandise and sweets from the shop.

The two settlers were detained after a Thai woman spotted them hiding stolen goods inside their clothing and bag. She immediately alerted the store management and requested that they be searched at the checkout counter.

## 18. Settlers’ sheep as a tool for settlement expansion: US report reveals the details

A report by the CBS American television network’s 60 Minutes program examined how settlers use flocks of sheep as a means of expanding into Palestinian territory in the West Bank.

The report revealed aspects of the mechanisms behind pastoral settlement expansion, a practice that increasingly restricts local residents’ access to land and forces them to leave their communities.

The cases examined in the report raise questions that extend beyond direct settler attacks to the political and military structures that enable grazing to be transformed into a means of territorial control.

## 19. UNRWA: Gaza is becoming an uninhabitable place amid the collapse of healthcare services

Akihiro Seita, director of health at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has warned of the continuing deterioration of humanitarian and health conditions in the Gaza Strip.

He stressed that Gaza is increasingly becoming a place where life is impossible, amid the continuation of Israeli military operations and the consequences of the war, which have affected every aspect of daily life.