Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2513, Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2026

1. Health: 4 martyrs and 14 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that four martyrs and 14 injured people were brought to hospitals across the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, amid ongoing difficulties in reaching victims who remain trapped under the rubble or lying on the roads.

The Ministry confirmed that ambulance and Civil Defense teams are unable to reach a number of victims due to conditions on the ground, suggesting that the actual death toll is likely higher.

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### 2. Prisoners’ Club: Israeli prisons have become a site of systematic killings of Palestinian detainees

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club stated that a structural transformation has been taking place inside Israeli prisons since the beginning of what it describes as the genocide in October 2023.

According to the organization, prisons are no longer conventional detention facilities but have become “a central arena for the systematic killing and destruction of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.”

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### 3. Gaza remains in darkness: Satellite data analysis reveals the scale of the crisis

An analysis of satellite data has shown that, after nearly two years and nine months of a dramatic decline in nighttime illumination, the Gaza Strip retains only about 19% of its pre-war lighting levels.

A separate spatial analysis, excluding the area within the Israeli-controlled zone marked by the yellow line, found that the remaining territory’s observed lighting accounted for only 12% of its pre-war reference level.

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### 4. Rights center calls for international demands to free Abu Safiya to be turned into concrete action

The Palestinian Center for Prisoners Studies has called for international, popular, and official appeals to be translated into real and effective measures leading to the immediate release of Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, who is currently detained in Israeli prisons.

The center noted that it has documented numerous solidarity initiatives over recent months in European Union countries and the United States, organized by institutions, unions, and activists, all demanding the release of Palestinian medical personnel held by Israel.

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### 5. Israel confiscates more than 22 dunams of land in Arraba and Qabatiya, south of Jenin

Israeli authorities have confiscated more than 22 dunams of land belonging to the towns of Arraba and Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, after issuing four military orders claiming the land was needed for military purposes.

According to local sources, three military orders seized 16.31 dunams of land in Arraba, while a fourth order confiscated an additional 6 dunams and 271 square meters in Qabatiya.

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### 6. Destruction of pharmaceutical factories deepens Gaza’s medical crisis amid worsening drug shortages

Patients across the Gaza Strip carry their medical prescriptions from one pharmacy to another every day in search of medicines they have relied on for years.

They ask for painkillers, antibiotics, stomach medication, allergy treatments, and cough medicine, while pharmacists search their shelves for supplies that are no longer available.

In many cases, the only answer is: “The medicine is unavailable.” Patients leave carrying the same prescriptions they arrived with, or unfamiliar substitutes that are more expensive than the medicines they used to buy.

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### 7. Israel deploys additional mobile homes ahead of establishing a settlement in Tubas

Israeli forces have transported additional mobile homes (“caravans”) to the vicinity of the Tayasir checkpoint military camp, east of Tubas Governorate.

Local sources said the deployment is part of a plan to establish a new settlement called “Goder,” one of several settlements whose creation had previously been announced.

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### 8. Katz orders army to occupy another refugee camp in the West Bank

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to prepare for the occupation of another refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, following the model used in Jenin and Tulkarm refugee camps.

According to a statement from Katz’s office, the new operation would mirror those carried out in northern West Bank camps, with Israeli forces remaining there for an extended period.

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### 9. **Video: Israeli settler attacks Palestinians east of Jerusalem**

**Watch:** Two Palestinians were injured after an Israeli settler attacked them with his hands and stones in the Al-Ara’ara Bedouin community east of Jerusalem.

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# *Europe*

### 10. UK courts prosecute five activists on terrorism charges over action targeting Barclays

Five activists from the Palestine Action movement face prison sentences under the UK’s terrorism legislation after smashing the windows of a Barclays bank branch in Lancashire and covering it with red paint to protest the bank’s financial ties to Israel.

Brendan O’Hagan, Amanda Kelly, Humaira Atiqnassar, Mohammed Malik, and Alma Yaniv (70) were convicted of causing criminal damage to the Burnley branch during a direct action protest in August 2024 against Barclays’ investments in the Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems.

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### 11. Five hundred French organizations issue statement supporting activists who disrupted Barbara Butch’s performance

Activists and human rights organizations in France have launched a national appeal declaring that “solidarity with Palestine is not a crime.”

The statement follows the disruption of artist Barbara Butch’s performance at the **Cabaret Frappé** festival in Grenoble on July 18, 2026, after public protests over her pro-Israel positions.

The signatories argue that what they describe as a “political, media, and judicial campaign” aims to delegitimize any expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people, whom they say have been subjected to “a horrific genocide for more than three years.”

# *Europe*

### 12. Calls to intensify the boycott of Israeli products in French markets and stores

Boycott campaigns have urged consumers to always check the origin of fruits and vegetables sold in local markets, grocery stores, and supermarkets, and to completely refrain from purchasing products labeled “Israel,” arguing that they are grown and produced on land taken from the Palestinian people.

The campaigns also encouraged shoppers to ask vendors about the origin of products whenever it is unclear, in an effort to increase public pressure until all goods associated with Israel’s settlement enterprise and apartheid system are removed from store shelves.

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### 13. Italian restaurant stands by its support for Palestine despite Israeli pressure

The restaurant **Osteria Fuori Porta** in Padua, Italy, has received widespread support from pro-Palestinian activists after refusing to remove the Palestinian flag displayed on its façade, despite an Israeli business delegation canceling its lunch reservation in protest.

The restaurant owners stated that they would not back down, stressing that solidarity with Palestinians, whom they describe as “being subjected to genocide and starvation,” is not negotiable.

They added that supporting Palestine has been part of their public commitment for years, both through displaying Palestinian flags and participating in solidarity initiatives, inviting those who disagree with their position not to visit the restaurant.

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### 14. French authorities pursue MEP Rima Hassan over her anti-genocide positions

French-Palestinian Member of the European Parliament **Rima Hassan**, representing **La France Insoumise**, is facing an extensive legal campaign by the French authorities involving 22 legal cases, which supporters say are intended to undermine her parliamentary immunity and target pro-Palestinian activism.

A French court postponed until October her trial, originally scheduled for July 7, on charges of “glorifying terrorism” after she republished a quotation in March 2026 stating that “resistance is a duty in the face of oppression.”

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### 15. Irish campaign opposes national football match against Israel

Solidarity groups across Ireland continue a broad campaign aimed at preventing the scheduled football match between the Republic of Ireland national team and Israel, set to take place on September 27.

Activists staged a protest at **Davis Bridge**, displaying “Stop the Match” banners before thousands of passersby as part of ongoing weekly demonstrations against what they described as a “historic disgrace.”

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### 16. Demonstration outside Croke Park in Dublin calls for boycott of Allianz

Hundreds of activists and athletes, joined by the groups **Dublin for Palestine** and **Gaels Against Genocide**, demonstrated outside **Croke Park** stadium in Dublin before the All-Ireland Football Championship Final.

Former champions and legendary players also took part, waving Palestinian flags and holding signs calling for the cancellation of sponsorship agreements with the global insurance company **Allianz** and urging a boycott of the company over what protesters described as its investments in and complicity with Israel’s apartheid system and the ongoing war in Gaza.

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### 17. Police arrest protesters during university tournament in Utrecht over Israeli delegation

Dutch police arrested several peaceful demonstrators in the city of Utrecht after they organized a protest against the participation of an Israeli delegation in the annual European Universities Debating Championship.

The activists gathered outside the **Neude Library** in the city center to oppose the tournament’s opening, which included 63 Israeli participants representing institutions that protesters accused of supporting Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza.

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# *International*

### 18. New Jersey workers and activists protest to block unloading of Israeli cargo ship

Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters demonstrated outside the Port of Elizabeth in New Jersey to protest the docking of the Israeli cargo vessel **ZIM Virginia**, which they accused of transporting military shipments and equipment for the Israeli army.

The organizing group, **Port Workers and Communities for Palestine**, called on dockworkers and truck drivers to refuse to handle the vessel operated by **ZIM**, with the aim of disrupting military supply chains.

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### 19. Israeli man in San Francisco admits to killing Palestinian children

A video shows a man wearing an Israeli military cap publicly admitting to killing Palestinian children during a confrontation with pro-Palestinian activists in San Francisco, California.

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### 20. Actor Mark Ruffalo attacks Netanyahu, says he will face the International Criminal Court

American actor **Mark Ruffalo** criticized Israeli Prime Minister **Benjamin Netanyahu**, describing him as “a crazy murderer,” and said that the pressure leading to the removal of International Criminal Court Prosecutor **Karim Khan** would not conceal what he described as the genocide in Gaza.

In a post on **X**, Ruffalo stated that the dismissal of Khan—who had issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on war crimes charges—would neither erase the crimes nor diminish Israel’s responsibility.

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### 21. Protest outside the White House: “Netanyahu is a war criminal”

“You will not be able to hide—we accuse you of genocide.”

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the White House as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C., carrying signs and chanting slogans accusing him of war crimes.

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### 22. Protesters confront Netanyahu in Washington amid growing tensions with the Trump administration

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States, where he was scheduled to meet President Donald Trump.

The protesters chanted slogans describing Netanyahu as a “war criminal” and calling for a “Free Palestine,” while demanding an end to the war in Gaza and to U.S. support for Israel.