Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin | Issue: 2565 | Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026

1. 6 killed and others injured in Israeli shelling and gunfire in the Gaza Strip
Six citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling and gunfire in various areas of the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing demolitions, artillery shelling, and intense gunfire in several areas.
These developments come as Israeli shelling and gunfire continue in various parts of the Gaza Strip, accompanied by deaths, injuries, and property damage.

2. Malnutrition, anemia and scabies: diseases ravaging Gaza’s children
Pediatrician Dr. Lubna Al-Azayza said that among the main diseases affecting children amid the difficult conditions in the Gaza Strip are severe acute malnutrition (SAM), anemia, skin and parasitic diseases, physical and psychological injuries, acute respiratory infections, and acute diarrhea and respiratory infections.
She explained that severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is one of the most deadly threats to the lives of thousands of infants and young children, due to the severe shortage of food, lack of dietary diversity, and shortage of infant formula. This weakens their immune systems and makes them vulnerable to death and other diseases.

3. Bodies of 101 people killed recovered from beneath the rubble of Gaza’s “Al-Taj Quarter”
The Civil Defense agency in the Gaza Strip announced today that the bodies of 101 people killed were recovered from beneath the rubble of homes that had been completely demolished in the “Al-Taj Quarter” in the Al-Yarmouk area of central Gaza City.
The agency said the recovery operation followed 17 days of intensive and difficult search-and-recovery work, carried out in cooperation and coordination with the Egyptian committee.

4. Injuries and fractures: occupation forces suppress Gaza prisoners in Naqab prison
The Prisoners’ Affairs Media Office revealed that several Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip were injured during a suppression operation carried out by occupation forces inside Naqab Prison approximately two weeks ago.
The office said that one of those injured was a doctor imprisoned from the Gaza Strip, who was hit by three rubber bullets during the operation. Another prisoner was beaten with batons and suffered fractured ribs.

5. Nasser Medical Complex warns of dialysis services being halted in Gaza due to shortage of “Bibag”
Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, warned of the risk of dialysis services being halted because the essential “Bibag” material required to operate dialysis machines and ensure the continuation of patients’ treatment sessions has not been allowed into the Strip.
The complex said in a statement that “Bibag” is an essential component of the dialysis system, noting that its absence threatens to cause dialysis machines to stop functioning and consequently interrupt treatment sessions for patients who depend on them regularly.

6. Occupation forces begin demolishing 10 homes and structures in Masafer Yatta
Israeli occupation bulldozers began demolishing and leveling Palestinian homes and structures in the village of Jinba in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in a new step added to a series of demolition and displacement operations targeting Palestinian communities in the area.
Eyewitnesses said several occupation bulldozers entered Jinba and began demolishing homes and structures belonging to residents. They said the demolitions affected around 10 homes and structures, including houses belonging to the Al-Yatim family.

7. Pregnant detainee Baraa Abu Khdeija faces harsh detention conditions in “Damon”
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said that detainee Baraa Abu Khdeija, 36, from Tulkarm, who has been detained since August 27, 2026, is facing harsh health, humanitarian, and psychological conditions in “Damon” prison.
The commission explained that Abu Khdeija, who is pregnant, was subjected to a harsh arrest. Her eyes were blindfolded and her hands were tightly bound with plastic restraints, causing swelling in her hands. Occupation soldiers then took her to an unknown location.

European
8. Spain moves toward boycotting Eurovision 2027 over Israel’s participation
The head of Spain’s public broadcasting corporation, José Pablo López, expressed support for continuing Spain’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation, moving toward proposing an extension of his country’s suspension of participation in the 2027 edition, scheduled to be held in Bulgaria.
Speaking during a session before the parliamentary oversight committee for the public broadcaster, López said that the continued participation of Israel’s public broadcaster in the contest, despite the ongoing humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, was “extremely painful.” He noted that changes introduced to the contest’s rules had achieved technical progress but had not addressed all the issues raised by the Spanish broadcaster.

9. DSV company targeted over its involvement with the occupation
The Palestine Action movement carried out two attacks against the offices of global logistics company DSV in the German city of Hamburg over the past two weeks, as part of efforts to disrupt the military supply chains of the Israeli occupation.
The attacks were intended to pressure the logistics company into ending all forms of cooperation and shipping with Elbit Systems, which is described as the largest weapons producer and manufacturer in Israel.

10. Student movement forces Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva and police out of university fair
Activists from the boycott movement and student groups succeeded in disrupting and closing the booths of Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), following an intervention at a student orientation fair held inside the university’s Whitla Hall.
The action to remove the multinational company came as an expression of students’ rejection of the privatization of educational facilities in favor of colonial forces. The text describes Teva as a structural partner in financing the Israeli occupation army and ongoing repression and killings against the Palestinian people.

11. Austrian president accuses Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said during a press conference that the occupation’s practices of forcibly displacing and evicting Palestinians in the West Bank were putting Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on a “dangerous path” that would not serve it in the long term.
The Austrian president warned that Israel’s continued policies were leaving the international community increasingly unable to protect the international order. He also sought to explain the unprecedentedly strong tone of his remarks by stressing that criticism of Israeli war crimes was not intended to question the legitimacy of Israel’s existence.

12. British MPs warn banks against financing the “E1” settlement in the West Bank
British MPs warned banks and financial institutions in the country against investing in or providing financing for the settlement project in the “E1” area of the occupied West Bank, as the Israeli government seeks bids to build approximately 3,400 settlement units in the area.
The Guardian reported that a group of British MPs from different parties who are involved in the Palestinian issue sent a letter to several banks and financial institutions, calling on them to review any commitments related to the project and warning of legal, financial, and reputational risks that could result from participating in financing the settlement’s construction.

13. French mayor of Vénissieux raises Palestinian flag at city hall; Rhône prefect asks him to remove it
Eder Bomartet, mayor of the French municipality of Vénissieux, raised the Palestinian flag alongside the French flag on the façade of the city hall near Lyon, in a symbolic move that coincided with the first anniversary of France’s official recognition of the State of Palestine.
Bomartet, who belongs to the La France Insoumise party and is of Algerian origin, published a video showing him installing two Palestinian flags and two French flags above the entrance to the municipal building.

14. Andy Burnham, British prime minister: Israeli government practices in Gaza and the West Bank are unjustifiable
Current British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that tenders issued by the Israeli authorities for the construction of new settlements undermine the prospects for establishing an independent Palestinian state. He added that “talking about a two-state solution without action makes us lose confidence, and we will not stand by while the tragedy worsens.”
Burnham also described the continuation of the crisis as a “humanitarian disgrace” following the deaths of tens of thousands of people in Gaza. He strongly criticized the Israeli E1 settlement project, saying that it divides the West Bank and threatens to make the establishment of a viable Palestinian state increasingly unattainable.

15. Protest outside AIB bank in Laois over alleged involvement with the occupation
The Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign revealed that Allied Irish Banks (AIB) was considering signing a $1.2 million technology contract with a software company founded by former soldiers from Israel’s military intelligence Unit 8200.
Campaign activists in County Laois condemned the investment approach, warning of the risks of entering into commercial or technological agreements with companies linked to the Israeli military.

International
16. U.S. senator attacks Netanyahu and calls him a war criminal
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen launched an attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing him as a war criminal wanted by international justice.
Van Hollen said that the “lies and claims” promoted by Netanyahu regarding the mayor of New York would not change what he described as the absolute truth that Netanyahu is a war criminal, in line with international arrest warrants issued against leaders accused of systematic genocide in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

17. U.S. universities suppressed pro-Palestinian speech with government complicity
A joint report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International USA revealed what it described as a coordinated and wide-ranging campaign targeting speech supporting Palestinian rights and criticizing the Israeli government at U.S. universities from late 2023 to the present.
The report, titled “Student Speech Under Attack: Repression of Pro-Palestinian Speech and Dissent on Campus,” documented what the organizations described as serious violations of academic freedom and the rights of students and researchers to freedom of expression, assembly, and association. It attributed these actions to coordinated efforts by university administrations, the federal government, and policymakers to impose censorship and retaliate against supporters of Palestine.

18. 500 hours of community service and $52,000 required to drop charges against pro-Palestinian Stanford students
Five current and former students at Stanford University in California are preparing to have criminal charges against them dropped over their participation in a pro-Palestinian protest inside the university president’s office in June 2024, according to the state attorney general’s office.
According to Attorney General Rob Bonta, the charges against the five students will be dropped on the condition that each completes 100 hours of community service and that a total of approximately $52,000 is paid to the university as compensation.

19. International campaign calls for Israel’s UN membership to be suspended
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement launched an international campaign to collect signatures on a petition calling for action toward suspending Israel’s membership in the United Nations, coinciding with the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The movement addressed the petition to the president of the 81st session of the General Assembly, Khalil al-Rahman, calling for a process within the United Nations to address Israel’s membership and to draw on the precedent of measures taken against the apartheid regime in South Africa.

Khalil al-Rahman, Bangladesh’s foreign minister, is presiding over the current session, which began on September 8, 2026.

20. Gaza catastrophe brings genocide issue onto the world stage: international leaders confront Israel at the UN
Gaza was not merely a topic present in the speeches of world leaders before the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Since the opening of the session in New York, it has become one of the most prominent issues raised by a number of leaders and officials, who used the international platform to discuss the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip, the ongoing killing and destruction, and the consequences of the war for civilians, as well as the settlement activity, violence, and displacement taking place in the West Bank.
At the opening of the General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres placed Gaza at the forefront of his remarks on international crises, saying that what followed the events of October 7 was a large-scale attack on Palestinians in the Strip, with a level of killing and destruction that he said he had never witnessed during his years as secretary-general.

21. Euro-Mediterranean Monitor: Colombia’s withdrawal does not affect genocide case against Israel
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said that Colombia’s withdrawal of its declaration to intervene in the case brought by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice does not affect the continuation of the case or the court’s jurisdiction. At the same time, it expressed regret over the decision, describing it as a dangerous retreat from international accountability efforts.
The monitor said the move concerns Colombia’s participation under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, which allows states party to a convention at issue in a dispute to submit their position regarding its interpretation without becoming an original party to the case.

22. Opponent of Gaza war crimes: Israeli committee bars “Kasif” from election race
The Israeli Central Elections Committee decided to disqualify Knesset member Ofer Kasif from running on the joint list in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Kasif is known for his opposition to the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government toward Palestinians, particularly the war in Gaza, which the text describes as a genocide and which has continued since 2023.

The Hebrew-language Channel 13 reported that the committee, which met on Wednesday and Thursday to consider requests to disqualify lists and candidates from the Knesset elections, decided to bar Kasif from running in the election.

23. OCHA: Settlers and demolitions are pushing the West Bank toward an unprecedented wave of displacement
Palestinian displacement in the occupied West Bank has been expanding rapidly during 2026 amid an escalation in demolitions, settler attacks, and restrictions on Palestinians’ access to their land and sources of livelihood. According to the United Nations, this situation has become one of the main drivers of the humanitarian crisis in the West Bank.
The latest figures from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) show that more than 4,300 Palestinians have been displaced since the beginning of the year as a result of demolitions, evictions, settler attacks, and restrictions related to access and movement, indicating an acceleration in the displacement of Palestinians from their areas of residence.