Epal European Palestinian Media Center Bulletin, Issue No. 2534, Date: Sunday, August 23, 2026

1. Two killed and four injured arrive at Gaza hospitals amid Israeli bombardment
The Gaza Ministry of Health said that, over the past few hours, two people killed and four injured as a result of the Israeli aggression were brought to hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The ministry confirmed in a report that a number of victims remain trapped under the rubble and in the streets, while ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.

2. Ongoing siege of Qusra: 14 days of isolating Palestinian families and pushing them to leave
The tight siege imposed by Israeli occupation forces on three homes in the Jabal Ras al-Ain area of the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, has entered its 14th consecutive day. The measures are aimed at isolating the besieged families from their surroundings, restricting their movement, and preventing aid and solidarity activists from reaching them, amid fears that the siege is being used as a means of imposing a new settlement reality in the area.

3. Escalating settler attacks in the West Bank: child injured and property damaged
Various areas of the occupied West Bank have witnessed new attacks carried out by settlers, targeting residents, their vehicles, homes, and agricultural lands, alongside continued land leveling and tree uprooting. A child from the town of Beit Duqqu sustained minor injuries after settlers threw stones at residents’ vehicles near the tunnel connecting Beit Duqqu and al-Jib, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

4. Prisoners’ Information Office: Seven acts of repression against Damon women prisoners in 21 days
The Prisoners’ Information Office said that women prisoners at Damon Prison were subjected to seven acts of repression over 21 days, involving various measures and violations affecting the prisoners and their detention conditions. The office explained that the repression included shackling, throwing prisoners to the ground, beatings, and solitary confinement, in addition to the use of stun grenades inside the prisoners’ sections and other measures affecting their basic needs. It added that during these operations, the prison administration confiscated clothing, medication, food, and hygiene supplies, further worsening the difficult detention conditions experienced by the women prisoners.

5. Injuries among civilians, solidarity activists and municipal council members in settler attack
A number of residents, municipal council members, and foreign solidarity activists were injured in an attack carried out by settlers, some of whom disguised themselves in Israeli occupation army uniforms, in the eastern area of Beit Furik, southeast of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Beit Furik Mayor Fares Nassasra said that settlers came from the settlement outpost established east of the town and attacked 13 members of the municipal council as they were heading to a meeting.

European
6. Ireland-Palestine Solidarity supports XVI Ultimate in boycotting Israeli team
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign supported XVI Ultimate club’s decision to boycott its match against New Age, a team representing the occupation, in the World Club Softball Championship, which was scheduled to take place at the University of Limerick stadium.

XVI Ultimate, for its part, confirmed that its decision was based on its rejection of the participation of a team representing “Israel” in the tournament amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It called on other teams to reconsider participating in matches against the Israeli team and reaffirmed its support for peaceful protest and solidarity with Palestine.

7. Protests at the University of Edinburgh demand an end to 2,000 job cuts and divestment from companies linked to the occupation
The University of Edinburgh witnessed protests coinciding with the launch of the international “Fringe” festival. Employees and activists called for an end to plans to cut 2,000 jobs as part of a £140 million cost-cutting package, while also demanding that the university administration withdraw £75 million in investments from companies accused of complicity in the war on Gaza.

Protesters say the university is using a funding shortfall as a pretext to lay off employees while investing large sums in companies that provide the occupation with surveillance and artificial-intelligence technologies used in military crimes.

8. Report reveals Maersk supplying occupation with weapons spare parts in Denmark
A joint report by Oxfam Denmark and the Palestinian Youth Movement on Saturday revealed the involvement of global shipping company Maersk in supplying the occupying entity with vital weapons spare parts, contradicting its official statements.

Following the publication of the report, activists organized angry demonstrations in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, demanding an end to the company’s complicity and to the military and logistical support it provides to the occupation in the war described as genocidal against Palestinians.

9. Ms. Rachel: Mothers in Gaza play my videos for their children during amputations without anesthesia
Ms. Rachel, star of the program “Songs for Littles” and a well-known educator who has devoted her career to producing cheerful content for children, revealed heartbreaking details about how her videos are being used in Gaza to distract children during painful surgical procedures performed without anesthesia.

In a moving Instagram post, she relayed what a doctor working in the Gaza Strip had told her. Ms. Rachel questioned why the world is ignoring this tragedy, while United Nations reports and doctors are documenting amputations of Palestinian children amid severe shortages of medical supplies and anesthetics caused by the Israeli blockade.

10. More than 20 global stars call on Israel to release Barghouti
More than 20 actors who have appeared in films and television series produced by Marvel announced their support for an international campaign calling on Israel to release imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti.

Among the prominent names supporting the “Freedom for Marwan” campaign are Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays “Doctor Strange”; Mark Ruffalo, who portrays “Hulk”; and Don Cheadle, who plays “War Machine,” along with Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Tatiana Maslany, Daniel Brühl, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, and Kingsley Ben-Adir.

11. Demonstrations in cities around the world denounce the war and crimes against Palestinians
The French city of Marseille, Cape Town in South Africa, and the British capital London witnessed large-scale protests denouncing the continuation of the occupation’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.

In Marseille and Cape Town, activists took part in mass marches rejecting normalization with crimes of colonial repression, while London hosted symbolic events commemorating victims of the occupation’s massacres.

Participants carried photographs and banners highlighting the killing of more than 20,000 Palestinian children in Gaza by Israeli army gunfire and bombardment since 2023.

12. Protester interrupts New Zealand prime minister accused of supporting the occupation
A pro-Palestinian protester interrupted a meeting involving New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Saturday in Christchurch, protesting what he described as his country’s complicity with the Zionist entity.

The activist directed chants at Luxon, calling him a “criminal” and a “disgrace,” condemning his government’s continued political support for the Israeli occupation and its disregard for the ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

13. Italian groups lead protests against match with Israeli team and call for boycott
Pro-Palestinian Italian groups organized protests ahead of the Italian club Atalanta’s match against Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv in the UEFA Conference League.

Activists chanted slogans condemning the hosting of teams from the Zionist entity and calling for its sporting isolation in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the ongoing war described as genocidal.

The protesters also succeeded in projecting a huge illuminated message onto the wall of the stadium where the match was being played, reading “Boycott Israel,” urging fans to join the boycott and divestment campaign.

International
14. “Code Pink” calls on women’s groups to condemn sexual violence by the occupation against Palestinians
In a statement, the organization said that sexual violations committed by occupation forces inside prisons and detention centers are not merely human-rights crimes but also a distinctly feminist issue requiring solidarity and urgent international action to stop the genocidal war and hold the leaders of the entity accountable.

In May 2026, the UN Secretary-General included Israeli occupation forces on a list of parties credibly suspected of committing patterns of rape and sexual violence in armed conflicts.

15. Turkish red notice: War criminal Netanyahu faces international pursuit
The Turkish Ministry of Justice asked the Interior Ministry to issue a red notice against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in preparation for pursuing him internationally, in connection with a judicial case accusing him of crimes including genocide, according to Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek.

Gürlek said that judicial proceedings related to the attack on activists from the “Global Sumud Flotilla” and their detention in international waters while traveling toward the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid are still ongoing.

16. Turkey fines Meta over deletion of posts supporting Palestine
The Turkish Human Rights and Equality Institution imposed a fine of $5,300 on Meta, the owner of Instagram, after finding that it was involved in deleting posts supporting Palestine and preventing Turkish media personality İkbal Gürpınar from livestreaming.

The decision followed an investigation that found the platform had engaged in discrimination based on political and social views opposing genocide and Israeli massacres of civilians.

17. Israel creates fake “research institute” to poison AI bots with pro-occupation narratives
The U.S. website Responsible Statecraft revealed the creation of a fake research entity called the “Hanover Institute for Public Policy” as part of an organized digital influence campaign officially funded by the Israeli government.

According to the investigation, the U.S. public-relations company Piro, Inc. received $900,000 from an Israeli government propaganda agency to generate content specifically designed to feed pro-occupation narratives into the memory and responses of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.

18. Israeli man threatens Palestinian content creator with death
A video circulating on social media documented a direct confrontation in which an Israeli settler openly threatened a Palestinian content creator with death, starkly illustrating what the report describes as escalating Zionist hate speech and incitement.

The video showed the settler’s complete disregard for the ongoing genocidal war crimes in the Gaza Strip. When asked about the blood of thousands of Palestinian children who had been killed and the systematic targeting of hospitals and civilian infrastructure, he responded, “I don’t care.”

19. Japanese content creator: “I love the resilience of the Palestinians”
#Watch: “I love the resilience of the Palestinians.” Internationally known Japanese content creator Yuji expressed his love for Palestine during a meeting with Palestinian filmmaker Yousef Al-Hilu in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

20. Arab and international condemnations of the E1 settlement plan
Arab and international reactions condemning the Israeli settlement plan in the “E1” area of the occupied West Bank have continued, amid warnings about its consequences for the territorial unity of the Palestinian territories and the possibility of establishing a geographically contiguous Palestinian state.

The foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt expressed, in a joint statement, their rejection of the settlement plan and the settlement activities associated with it east of occupied Jerusalem.

21. Tunisian filmmaker: Occupation’s investigation of itself into Hind Rajab’s death is nothing but a smokescreen
Ben Hania, director of the film The Voice of Hind Rajab, stressed in her statement that genuine justice for the victims can only be achieved through independent international accountability mechanisms for those responsible for the ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.

The Voice of Hind Rajab is a docudrama that tells the true and tragic story of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was six years old and was killed by Israeli army gunfire in Gaza on January 29, 2024.