Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2297, Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025

1. The Red Cross warns of the risks of building collapses in Gaza and calls for increased aid**

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned of the serious dangers resulting from the collapse of damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip due to harsh weather conditions, stressing that these structures pose a direct threat to residents’ lives and contribute to rising casualty numbers. The committee explained that thousands of civilians are forced to remain inside unsafe homes and buildings due to the lack of available alternatives and the absence of suitable shelters, which further exacerbates the humanitarian risks in the Strip.

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**2. Prisoners’ Media Office warns of a dangerous escalation targeting leaders of the prisoners’ movement inside occupation prisons**

The Prisoners’ Media Office warned of a dangerous escalation directly targeting leaders and symbols of the prisoners’ movement inside occupation prisons, through brutal assaults aimed at breaking their will and turning them into tools of intimidation against other detainees.
In a press statement, the office said that repression units removed several prominent figures of the prisoners’ movement to the prison yards, including leading prisoner Abdullah Barghouti, prisoner Bilal Barghouti, and prisoner Ahed Ghalmeh, where they were beaten with batons until they bled, in failed attempts to force them into submission and make them an “example.”

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**3. Health Ministry: 394 martyrs since the ceasefire in Gaza**

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip stated that martyrs and wounded individuals arrived at hospitals over the past 24 hours. In its report, the ministry said that since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025, the total number of martyrs has reached 394, with 1,075 injured and a total of 634 bodies recovered.

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**4. Nasser Medical Complex: Death of a child due to extreme cold in Gaza**

A child has died at Nasser Medical Complex due to extreme cold in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.

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**5. Organization: 2025 was a year of starvation, torture, and killing of Palestinian children**

Defense for Children International – Palestine stated that 2025 was another devastating year in which Palestinian children endured genocide, famine, torture, mass displacement, enforced disappearance, and continuous violence by Israeli occupation forces and settlers.
According to documentation collected by the organization, the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, along with escalating repression in the West Bank, has systematically stripped Palestinian children of their rights to life, safety, health, and childhood.

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**6. Israel seeks to flood Gaza with drugs**

Israel is seeking to flood the Gaza Strip with drugs as part of a psychological and social war targeting Palestinian society.

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**7. Smotrich boasts about land theft and glorifies settlers**

Smotrich enjoys a tour of stolen land and looted water. Smotrich, the occupation’s finance minister, from the Ras al-Ain area in the town of Al-Auja in the northern Jordan Valley, greets settler herds and glorifies their control over Palestinian land.

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**8. Moment of a doctor’s arrest in front of a British prison for solidarity with Palestine**

The moment a doctor was arrested during protests in front of a British prison for his support and broad solidarity with Palestine and Gaza.

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**9. German police arrest a pro-Palestine activist for chanting**

German police arrest a pro-Palestine activist for chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” during ongoing protests in London.

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**10. Church conference in Germany calls on the government to stop exporting weapons to “Israel”**

The “Joint Conference on Church and Development” in Germany called on the government to halt arms exports to “Israel.”
This came during a press conference held by the conference’s co-chairs, Karl Jüsten and Anni Gidion, in the capital Berlin. Jüsten, representing the Catholic Church, said: “As the Joint Conference on Church and Development, we call on the government to refrain from delivering weapons to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip, even after the extremely fragile ceasefire.”

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**11. Solidarity run in Dublin in support of Palestine**

The group “Irish Sport for Palestine” organized a solidarity running event in one of Dublin’s forests in support of the Palestinian people. The event is part of weekly activities organized by the group to raise awareness of the Palestinian cause and encourage community participation in solidarity with Palestinians.
The group invited everyone to join their weekly run next Sunday at 10:00 a.m. on Fumbally Street, confirming that participation is open to all.

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**12. Canadian organization condemns the occupation’s ban on MPs visiting the West Bank**

The organization “Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East” (CJPME) condemned “Israel’s” decision to prevent a delegation of Canadian parliamentarians from entering the occupied West Bank, considering the move a serious violation of international law and Canadian–Palestinian diplomatic relations.
In a press statement, the organization said that “Israel” barred five MPs from the Liberal Party and one MP from the New Democratic Party (NDP) from entering Palestine, despite their plans for a three-day visit, after they were stopped at the Jordanian border on the morning of the visit.
CJPME called on the Canadian government to respond firmly to this action, urging the imposition of diplomatic sanctions on “Israel,” including the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador, describing the ban as an unlawful restriction on Canadian–Palestinian diplomacy.

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**13. Bohemian FC partners with Kneecap to release a solidarity jersey for Palestine**

Bohemian Football Club in Ireland announced a partnership with Irish rap group Kneecap to release a special football jersey aimed at raising funds for the organization “Aklay Palestine.”
This collaboration between the Dublin-based club—one of the oldest and most successful in Irish football history—and the band known for its pro-Palestine stance comes as part of an initiative combining sport, music, and humanitarian solidarity.
The new jersey features the colors of the Irish and Palestinian flags, includes a mesh pattern inspired by the Palestinian keffiyeh, and symbolically blends both flags throughout the design. Inside the collar appears the word “CEARTA,” meaning “rights” in Irish, taken from one of Kneecap’s songs.

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**14. Anticipated lawsuit against FIFA and UEFA leaders before the International Criminal Court**

A coalition of international organizations, led by the Irish advocacy group “Sport for Palestine,” announced its intention to refer Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, and Aleksander Čeferin, President of UEFA, to the International Criminal Court by December 23, over what they described as the complicity of international football institutions with Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine.
The coalition includes Palestinian football players, Palestinian clubs, landowners, and human rights organizations, including the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, as well as the Scottish Sport for Palestine group. These parties affirmed that continuing to allow Israeli clubs based in occupied Palestinian territory to participate constitutes a clear violation of international law and the regulations of sporting federations themselves.

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**15. Dutch cartoonist wins European Cartoon Award for exposing occupation crimes**

Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards won the 2025 European Cartoon Award for a work titled “Complicity of the International Community,” through which he depicted the crimes of the occupation during its war on the Gaza Strip, highlighting the silence of the international community toward ongoing crimes against Palestinian civilians.
Second place went to Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj for an artwork criticizing the continuation of negotiations to halt the aggression on Gaza without achieving any tangible results over two years, portraying dialogue tables piled like rubble.
These awards come as part of honoring artistic works that use caricature as a critical tool to expose political and humanitarian issues and highlight human rights violations around the world.

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**16. Belfast prepares for a “Bike for Palestine” event**

The city of Belfast will host an upcoming solidarity event titled “Bike for Palestine.” Activists and supporters will gather at 11:00 a.m. in Writers’ Square to participate in a bicycle march expressing support for the Palestinian people and rejection of ongoing aggression and occupation policies.
The event aims to shed light on the suffering of Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip, and to demand an end to crimes and violations against civilians, while strengthening popular support for Palestine in Northern Ireland.
Organizers emphasized that the event is part of peaceful grassroots efforts to keep the Palestinian cause present in public opinion and to push for justice and accountability. They invited people of all ages to join using bicycles, in a symbolic message affirming solidarity, freedom, and the right of peoples to self-determination, stressing that participation is open to everyone.

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**17. Protests in New York in support of Palestine activists on hunger strike**

New York City witnessed a large solidarity march in support of the “Filton 24” activists, in a protest led by the organization “Women for Palestine.” Dozens of city residents gathered in front of the British consulate in Manhattan demanding the immediate release of the detained British activists.
Participants raised slogans calling for an end to their detention, warning of the deterioration of their health conditions, especially as eight of them are suffering from serious health problems as a result of a hunger strike that has lasted forty days. Protesters stressed that the continued detention poses a direct threat to their lives and constitutes a violation of their fundamental rights.