Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2324, Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026

1. Ben-Gvir and dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs.
The Jerusalem Governorate also reported that the so-called Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, entered the Al-Aqsa compound during settlers’ incursions.
Local sources said that dozens of settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of Israeli occupation forces and performed Talmudic and provocative rituals in its courtyards.
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**2. UNICEF: More than 100 children killed in Gaza since the ceasefire**

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that more than 100 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire in October, including children killed in attacks by Israeli drones, including quadcopter drones.
UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told journalists in a UN video briefing from Gaza that “more than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, meaning that almost one boy or girl is killed every day during the ceasefire period.”
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**3. Entire camps flooded in Khan Younis as low-pressure system worsens suffering of around 900,000 displaced people**

Yamen Abu Suleiman, Director of Civil Defense in Khan Younis Governorate, said the area experienced a harsh night due to a low-pressure system accompanied by strong winds, heavy rainfall, and rising sea levels, leading to the flooding of entire camps along the coast and damage to thousands of tents sheltering thousands of families.
Abu Suleiman explained that strong winds and the proximity of the camps to the shoreline caused water to sweep into shelter areas, flooding the tents of displaced people in the western area, the western camp, and nearby neighborhoods. He stressed that hundreds of destroyed or structurally unsound homes pose a real danger to residents, given the absence of heavy machinery needed to remove them or provide alternative housing.
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**4. Gaza Forensic Department: Lack of DNA testing hinders identification of hundreds of martyrs**

Mahmoud Ashour, spokesperson for Gaza’s forensic department, confirmed that the lack of specialized equipment—most notably DNA testing devices—poses a major obstacle to identifying martyrs, leaving hundreds of families in painful uncertainty and ongoing distress.
Ashour explained that forensic teams continue their humanitarian work around the clock, alongside relevant authorities, recovering the bodies of martyrs from beneath rubble and from makeshift graves across the Gaza Strip, documenting, transporting, and burying them in a manner that preserves their dignity.
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**5. Eviction notices for 29 homes in Batn al-Hawa, Silwan, amid fears of mass displacement of Jerusalemites**

Twenty-nine homes face the nightmare of forced eviction in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan, south of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, within 21 days, in favor of settler organizations.
The so-called Israeli “Execution and Enforcement Department,” accompanied by occupation police, delivered eviction notices to 29 residential apartments in Batn al-Hawa, claiming the land is owned by Jews of Yemeni origin.
The notices targeted the Rajabi, Basbous, and Yassin families, informing them they must vacate their apartments within 12 days, in favor of the settler organization “Ateret Cohanim.”
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**6. Gaza Civil Defense: 7 deaths since the start of the low-pressure system**

Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense, said teams have dealt with seven deaths since the beginning of the current low-pressure system, resulting from partial collapses of unsafe buildings. Among them was a child who died due to extreme cold, raising the number of victims of weather depressions and cold since the start of winter to 31 martyrs.
Bassal stressed that the humanitarian situation is extremely dangerous, as buildings damaged by bombing and destruction no longer provide safe shelter amid ongoing heavy rainfall, strong winds, and deteriorating conditions in temporary shelters.
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**7. UNRWA warns of worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and widespread disease**

The media adviser of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned of the return of a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe to the Gaza Strip.
He explained that the mixing of rainwater with sewage is causing a massive spread of diseases in Gaza. He also noted that 6,000 trucks are currently stored in UNRWA warehouses in Egypt, awaiting permission to enter the Strip to meet residents’ needs.
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**8. Israeli soldier dances while demolishing a Palestinian home**

Footage shows an Israeli occupation army soldier dancing provocatively during the demolition of a Palestinian home in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.
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**European**

**9. Major literary festival in Australia canceled after boycott by 180 authors**

Organizers of Australia’s Adelaide Writers’ Week festival announced on Tuesday the cancellation of the event scheduled for next February, following a boycott by around 180 writers and the resignation of its director, Louise Adler, in protest against the decision to withdraw an invitation to Australian-Palestinian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Adler, the daughter of Jewish parents who were Holocaust survivors, said she would not be complicit in silencing any writer, warning that measures aimed at restricting protests and freedom of expression following the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney pose a threat to free speech in the country.
For her part, Randa Abdel-Fattah described her exclusion from the festival as “a blatant racist act and shameful censorship against Palestinians,” while the festival’s board justified its decision by claiming her appearance “did not take cultural sensitivities into account” following the attack that killed 15 people, before later acknowledging that the decision caused further division and issuing an apology.
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**10. Teachers’ and parents’ actions derail visit of British MP over his support for the occupation**

A school in the British city of Bristol decided to cancel a planned visit by Jewish Labour MP Damian Egan after objections from teachers, parents, and pro-Palestine activists, who opposed hosting a political figure known for supporting “Israel” during its war on Gaza.
Egan was expected to speak to students at Bristol Brunel Academy before the visit was canceled at the last minute.
Palestine solidarity groups considered the decision a positive step reflecting a clear moral stance, emphasizing that schools should remain safe educational spaces, free from whitewashing occupation policies or promoting its narrative. Activists also pointed to Egan’s ties to the Labour Friends of Israel organization and his visit to Israel during the genocidal war on Gaza.
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**11. Demonstration in Berlin in solidarity with Palestine**

Dozens of protesters organized a demonstration in Berlin, raising slogans calling for justice for the Palestinian people.
Participants waved Palestinian flags and chanted pro-Palestine slogans such as “Free Palestine,” as part of ongoing popular actions rejecting violations and calling for respect for human rights.
Berlin has witnessed near-daily pro-Palestine protests for months, organized by activists and solidarity movements, expressing opposition to the aggression and support for Palestinian rights.
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**12. More than 45 organizations oppose new law restricting pro-Palestine protests in Britain**

More than 45 civil society organizations, including @The_TUC, @libertyhq, and @GreenpeaceUK, joined the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in opposing a government proposal granting police new powers to ban repeated protests.
Activists criticize the new law—introduced as an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill set to be debated in the House of Lords this week—because it requires police to consider the “cumulative impact” of protests when imposing conditions, thereby restricting the right to peaceful assembly.
This move comes as part of a series of laws and measures restricting protests, including the use of counterterrorism legislation against direct actions, the targeting of artists, and the criminalization of peaceful protesters, while the government continues to support “Israel” militarily, politically, and economically, according to activists.
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**13. Solidarity march with Gaza in Belgium condemning ongoing Zionist crimes**

Activists from the “Free Palestine” group organized a solidarity march in the Belgian city of Antwerp under the slogan “We Will Not Be Silent,” in solidarity with the Gaza Strip and in condemnation of ongoing Zionist crimes against the Palestinian people.
Despite the ceasefire agreement in Gaza entering into force on October 10, occupation forces continue to commit violations in the Strip, including shelling populated areas and causing more martyrs and injuries among unarmed civilians, especially children and women.
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**14. Hind Rajab Foundation files criminal complaint in Austria against Israeli soldier for genocidal crimes**

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a criminal complaint in Austria against Yonatan Akreef, an Israeli soldier accused of committing genocidal war crimes and crimes against humanity during the assault on the Gaza Strip. This follows confirmation of Akreef’s presence on Austrian territory, obligating Austria under international law to investigate anyone suspected of committing the gravest crimes within its jurisdiction.
The complaint is based on HRF investigations documenting Akreef’s service in the 8717 “Alon” Brigade, a unit linked to the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza. The investigations detail his role in the deliberate demolition of a civilian building in northern Gaza after the Israeli army had full control of the area, corroborated by satellite imagery and geolocation analysis. Akreef also published video footage of the destruction, as part of a broader pattern of systematic devastation.
The complaint calls on Austrian authorities to investigate Akreef’s actions as part of a comprehensive case including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide through the imposition of conditions threatening the existence of the civilian population in Gaza, echoing findings documented by the United Nations regarding the systematic destruction of civilian life in the Strip.
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**International**

**15. Call to boycott programming platform cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement**

The group “No Azure for Apartheid” called for a boycott of Microsoft-owned GitHub services due to their cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), which is involved in violence and arrests targeting Palestine supporters, student protesters, and migrant communities.
The group stated that using GitHub to support open-source projects implicitly entails complicity in the company’s cooperation with human rights violations, urging developers to seek safe and free alternatives.
It cited alternatives such as Codeberg, OXCAP, Gitea, and SourceForge, which provide secure hosting for open-source software projects without supporting ICE or imperial corporate policies.
It is worth noting that ICE has carried out a campaign of repression and arrests against several pro-Palestine students, including Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil, for leading pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University.
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**16. United Nations: Gaza’s winter has become a deadly factor amid destroyed infrastructure**

Ajith Sunghay, head of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, said that the conditions faced by Gaza’s residents amid current cold waves constitute “a very dangerous situation,” warning that winter has become a deadly factor added to ongoing bombardment and displacement for more than two years.
In remarks to Al Jazeera, Sunghay explained that Gazans endured harsh conditions during previous winters, but the current situation is far more dangerous, with tents torn apart by winds, areas flooded by rainwater, and a destroyed infrastructure that turns any low-pressure system into a direct threat to life.