European-Palestinian Media Center (EPAL) Bulletin – Issue: 2587 – Date: Thursday, 15/10/2026

1. Three killed and several injured as Israeli violations continue in the Gaza Strip

Three citizens were killed and an unspecified number of others were injured following attacks and gunfire from Israeli military vehicles in various parts of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, which came into effect on October 10, through bombardments, gunfire, and the demolition of civilian homes across the Gaza Strip.

### 2. #Video — Palestinian girl rescued after being trapped by flames caused by Israeli bombardment

#Watch: Heart-stopping footage documents the rescue of a Palestinian girl who was trapped by flames inside her home after it was struck by an Israeli occupation aircraft in the western part of Gaza City.

### 3. #Video — Israeli occupation forces prevent farmers from reaching their fields in Ramallah

#Watch: Despite prior coordination, Israeli occupation forces are preventing Palestinian farmers from reaching their fields to harvest olives in Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

### 4. Jerusalem organization: Israeli occupation forces have demolished more than 430 homes and structures in Jerusalem since the beginning of the year

Since the beginning of the current year, Israeli occupation forces and the Israeli-controlled municipality have demolished more than 430 homes and structures in occupied Jerusalem as part of policies intended to push residents to leave the city. This was warned about by Fakhri Abu Diab, a Jerusalem-based activist and member of the Board of Trustees of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Abu Diab stated that the demolitions are part of a systematic policy targeting the Palestinian presence in the city. He also pointed out that 23,280 administrative and judicial demolition orders have been issued in occupied Jerusalem.

### 5. Settlements are encircling Palestinian herders: 1.07 million dunums under colonial control

Israeli settler control over grazing areas and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank continues to expand, amid escalating attacks on Palestinian herders and efforts to prevent them from accessing their land and water sources.

This situation threatens the livelihoods of pastoral communities and forces an increasing number of them into displacement, while restrictions on the use of Palestinian natural resources continue to intensify.

A joint statement issued by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and the Environment Quality Authority on the occasion of Arab Environment Day revealed that land controlled by pastoral and agricultural settlement outposts is estimated at approximately 1.07 million dunums, equivalent to nearly 18% of the West Bank’s total area.

### 6. Scabies, repression, and isolation: Two female prisoners face severe health conditions in Damon Prison

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has revealed that prisoners Basmala Saad and Esraa Ahmad Houji are suffering from scabies at Damon Prison, amid shortages of hygiene supplies and high humidity levels.

Meanwhile, the prison administration continues to hold Saad in solitary confinement following a raid and repressive operation in her cell on October 7 of this month.

According to a report based on statements provided by the two prisoners to their lawyer, Basmala Saad, 20, who was arrested on March 13, is suffering from blisters and swelling in her legs as a result of the infection. The medication she received has not improved her condition.

### 7. From arrest to death and amputation: Palestinian children confront the occupation’s prisons

Israeli occupation forces arrested at least six children in the occupied West Bank overnight.

Meanwhile, at least 350 children continue to face harsh detention conditions, including torture, starvation, isolation, and denial of medical treatment, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.

The organization stated that the latest arrests were concentrated in the towns of Sa’ir and Ash-Shuyukh in the Hebron Governorate. It also noted that more than 2,000 children have been arrested since the beginning of the war of extermination against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

## European News

### 8. Four hundred Dutch citizens call for Israel to be excluded from Eurovision

Approximately 400 employees of Dutch broadcasting organizations have signed a letter calling for a boycott of the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in protest against Israel’s participation while the war of extermination against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continues.

The employees addressed their letter to the Dutch public broadcasting organization NPO, urging it to withdraw from next year’s contest after the Netherlands announced its intention to return to the competition. They also called for a debate on the country’s participation in the 2028 edition.

### 9. Feminist coalition organizes demonstration in Berlin’s Hind Rajab Square to condemn genocide

The Internationalist Feminists Coalition organized a large protest in Hind Rajab Square in the German capital, Berlin, to condemn the systematic war of extermination and ongoing ethnic cleansing in Palestine and against various peoples subjected to domination.

The event featured widespread chanting and slogans, with participation from boycott movements and liberation-oriented groups in Germany.

### 10. Calls for the Irish Wheelchair Association to cancel its match against Israel

Solidarity and boycott platforms have launched a campaign urging the public to contact the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) and pressure it to cancel its scheduled sporting match against an Israeli team.

The Irish women’s wheelchair basketball team is scheduled to face the Israeli team in the European Championship Division B qualifiers, which are set to take place from October 12 to 18 this month in the Swiss town of Nottwil.

### 11. Calls in Canada to block a major oil deal involving an Israeli company

Popular and human rights advocacy pressure is mounting in Canada to prevent the completion of a deal under which Canadian company Suncor intends to sell its stakes in three offshore oil projects off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador to Ithaca Energy, a company linked to Israel’s occupation system.

The acquiring company is controlled by Israel’s Delek Group, an oil and gas company officially listed on the United Nations’ blacklist of companies involved in supporting and expanding illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

### 12. Nineteen UN experts criticize the FAO after an official who opposed starvation in Gaza is removed, rejecting intimidation of staff

Nineteen independent United Nations experts have criticized the leadership of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) over its decision not to renew the contract of a senior official who had publicly opposed the starvation of the Gaza Strip.

The experts warned that restricting employees because of their involvement in human rights issues entrenches a climate of fear within the organization and discourages staff from documenting serious violations of international law.

The criticism follows the end of former FAO official Benjamin Davis’s employment on September 30, after a decision not to renew his contract.

The case has raised questions about the limits of neutrality within UN institutions and the extent to which employees who address violations associated with armed conflicts are protected.

## International News

### 13. Campaign targets FedEx to stop shipments of weapons to Israel

The Palestinian Youth Movement in the San Francisco Bay Area has announced the launch of the “People’s Arms Embargo in Oakland” campaign, directly targeting the US shipping giant FedEx.

The campaign aims to end the company’s role in transporting and shipping weapons components to the State of Israel.

### 14. US institute bars professor from teaching for three consecutive semesters because of his support for Palestine

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States has removed tenured linguistics professor Michel DeGraff from his department and prevented him from teaching for the second consecutive year.

The move comes amid a prolonged dispute over his pro-Palestinian activism and his proposal for an academic course examining the relationship between decolonization, language, and liberation.

According to The New York Times, the institute has suspended the 63-year-old Haitian professor’s teaching duties while continuing to pay his salary, without assigning him any classes for three consecutive fall semesters.

### 15. International Court of Justice judge calls for economic sanctions against Israel

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Navi Pillay, has called on the international community to impose economic sanctions on Israel and intensify collective pressure to end violations against Palestinians.

She cited the experience of South Africa, where international sanctions helped bring an end to the apartheid regime.

Pillay, a judge at the International Court of Justice and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated that Palestinians, who have been struggling for their freedom for more than 90 years, need the attention and support of the international community.

### 16. Student demonstration at Oxford University calls for the release of Marwan Barghouti

The Oxford Students for Palestine Solidarity Movement organized a protest on the university campus in the United Kingdom, demanding the immediate release of Palestinian leader and prisoner Marwan Barghouti, who is being held in Israeli prisons.

Participants displayed slogans calling for an end to the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip and the release of all prisoners and detainees.

### 17. Protesters demonstrate at the Port of Kalamata to condemn the docking of an Israeli ship

Activists and supporters of the Palestinian cause organized a large protest at the port of the Greek city of Kalamata to condemn the authorization granted for the Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris to dock there.

Participants waved Palestinian flags to oppose the reception of ships and companies affiliated with the State of Israel.

They also called on the Greek authorities to end all forms of tourism and economic normalization and to confront complicity with the colonial system amid the ongoing war of genocide.