Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin | Issue: 2562 | Date: Monday, 21/09/2026

1. Health: 3 killed and 21 injured in Gaza over the past 24 hours

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that a total of 3 newly killed people and 21 injured people were received by hospitals in the Strip over the past 24 hours.\
The ministry explained that since the ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025, up to today, the total number of those killed has reached 1,393, while the number of injured has reached 4,822. The total number of people recovered from under the rubble has reached 831.

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**2\. One killed, one injured and one arrested after Israeli forces open fire on a vehicle east of Jenin**

A Palestinian young man was killed and another was wounded by Israeli forces, who opened fire on a vehicle east of the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, before arresting the wounded young man.\
Hebrew-language sources reported that Israeli forces opened fire at a vehicle on the pretext that it had attempted to carry out a ramming attack east of Jenin.

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**3\. Settlers burn a vehicle and attempt to abduct a child north of Hebron**

Settlers burned a vehicle, assaulted residents, and attempted to abduct a child during their incursion into the “Safa” area in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.\
Local sources said that a number of settlers attempted to assault citizen Salim Mohammad Hussein Adi while he was in the “Safa” area, and burned his vehicle.

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**4\. Civil society organizations warn that Gaza’s healthcare system is nearing total collapse**

The Network of Non-Governmental Organizations warned that the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip is nearing total collapse amid the continued blockade and restrictions imposed on the entry of medical and operational supplies, accompanied by a continuous decline in the ability of hospitals and healthcare facilities to provide services to patients and the wounded.\
The network said during a press conference that the continuation of the current situation threatens to push healthcare facilities to a stage where they will be unable to continue providing essential services, at a time when medical needs are increasing while the resources available to the healthcare sector are shrinking.

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**5\. “Al-Baidar”: The “E1” project is reshaping the settlement landscape and threatening Bedouin communities with displacement**

The “Al-Baidar” organization for the defense of the rights of Bedouins and targeted villages said that what is taking place between Jerusalem and the settlement of “Ma’ale Adumim” goes beyond the implementation of a construction project and is moving toward the creation of an integrated settlement system that could reshape the geographical landscape in one of the most sensitive areas of the West Bank.\
The organization explained that the “E1” project is not limited to the construction of 3,401 settlement housing units, but also includes an operational and commercial area extending over approximately 1,355 dunams east of the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem, in addition to constructing roads, establishing infrastructure, and reorganizing Palestinian movement in the area.

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**6\. Israeli forces raid “H Clinic” hospital in Al-Bireh and assault its medical staff**

Israeli forces raided “H Clinic” hospital in the city of Al-Bireh, adjacent to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.\
Local sources reported that a number of Israeli soldiers entered the hospital’s departments and assaulted the medical personnel and healthcare workers present there.

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**7\. #Video.. Palestinian child bravely confronts settlers**

#Watch… With remarkable courage, a Palestinian child confronts settlers, including children and young men, during their attack on residents and homes in the Al-Tall area south of the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

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_European_

**8\. Protest opposing Ireland’s match against Israel**

Activists and supporters of the Palestinian cause gathered at the historic “Celtic Park” stadium to call on the Irish Football Association (FA) and Irish players to refuse to play their upcoming match against the Israeli national team.\
Participants raised slogans calling for an end to the complicity of sports institutions with the occupation and directly called on players to take an ethical stance and refrain from playing against a regime that, according to the campaign, is carrying out genocide against Palestinians, as part of a broader campaign under the hashtag #StopTheGame.

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**9\. Protests in the Irish city of Dundalk opposing the match against Israel**

Activists and boycott movements organized a protest under the slogan “Stop the Game” (#STOPTHEGAME) outside “Oriel Park” stadium in Dundalk, coinciding with the Irish league match between Dundalk and Shelbourne.\
The action came in protest against the decision of the Irish Football Association to play home-and-away matches against the Israeli national team, which the organizers accuse of being involved in the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, and in rejection of holding the two matches at alternative European stadiums while banning spectators in order to prevent protests.

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**10\. Berlin police suppress pro-Gaza solidarity demonstration**

German police forces in the capital Berlin assaulted demonstrators who took part in a public march condemning Israel’s war in Gaza and expressing support for the Palestinian people.\
Footage showed police officers intervening violently and confronting participants, as part of a continuing series of repressive measures imposed by German authorities to ban protests opposing the occupation and supporting civilians in Gaza.

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**11\. Demonstration in the French capital Paris condemning television censorship and its complicity in the genocide**

Demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of France’s public television network in the capital Paris, protesting the removal of an episode of a cultural program in which French actress “Adèle Haenel” criticized Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.\
The protesters called for the rebroadcast of an episode of the program “La Grande Librairie,” which aired on September 9 of this year, accusing the public broadcaster of directly exercising political censorship over coverage of Israeli crimes.

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**12\. Large demonstration in Leipzig, Germany, against the establishment of an arms factory supporting Israel**

The streets of the German city of Leipzig witnessed a large public march opposing plans by the U.S. defense company “Covenant” to establish a military facility for missile production in the region.\
The text states that “Covenant” is connected to a network providing direct logistical and technological support to the Israeli military through the operation of missile production lines in several countries, including a facility in the occupied Palestinian territories.\
The company also reportedly relies in its financing and establishment on connections with major technology companies and investors linked to the Israeli arms industry, such as “Rafael.”

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**13\. Cork City fans protest inside the stadium in support of boycotting the Israeli national team**

Fans of “Cork City” displayed banners and slogans inside “Turners Cross” stadium before the start of their team’s match against “UCD” in the Irish league, protesting the decision of the Irish Football Association to play two UEFA Nations League matches against the Israeli national team.\
The groups expressed their categorical rejection of allowing the two matches to proceed under the slogan “Stop the Game,” emphasizing that saving lives in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank is more important than earning sporting points.

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_International_

**14\. American singer raises anti-genocide signs on stage**

American artist “Dave Matthews,” founder and frontman of the renowned Dave Matthews Band, used his musical platform during a major tour across the United States to openly express his solidarity with the Palestinian cause from the stage.\
Matthews appeared before thousands of attendees wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh and held up handwritten signs reading “Stop the Genocide” and “Stop Killing Children,” protesting the ongoing massacres and what the text describes as the systematic targeting of families and civilians in the Gaza Strip.

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**15\. Albanese compares Israel’s killing of Gaza’s children to Nazi practices during the Holocaust**

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, compared Israel’s killing of thousands of children in the Gaza Strip to the practices of the Nazis during the Holocaust.\
The statement came in a post by Albanese in response to comments made by Israeli model Sarai Givati to the Hebrew-language channel “i24.”\
The UN rapporteur reposted part of the interview with Givati, who was asked: “Is it possible that I should not feel sad about every child crying in the world?”

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**16\. Foreign activists attempt to reach “Ras al-Ahmar” to break the Israeli blockade**

A number of foreign activists attempted to reach the “Ras al-Ahmar” hamlet in the northern Jordan Valley to support local residents in confronting the intensified blockade imposed by Israeli forces on the area and its isolation from its surroundings.\
The “Ras al-Ahmar” hamlet, located southeast of Tubas, has been subjected to continuing escalation by Israeli forces and settlers, including raids on residents’ homes, detentions, the confiscation of vehicles and agricultural equipment, as well as attacks on water sources and water distribution networks.

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**17\. A digital eye: “Yanai” expands Israeli control over the West Bank through artificial intelligence**

The monitoring of Palestinians in the West Bank is no longer based solely on soldiers deployed at checkpoints, cameras installed along roads, or surveillance towers. Israeli authorities are moving toward a broader use of artificial intelligence within the field-monitoring system, through systems capable of collecting vast amounts of data and analyzing it moment by moment, then turning what they consider “unusual movements” into alerts sent directly to the forces on the ground.