Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin | Issue: 2577 | Date: Monday, 05/10/2026

1. Three killed, including a child, and others injured by gunfire and shelling in various areas of Gaza
Three citizens were killed and others were injured as a result of airstrikes and gunfire by Israeli occupation forces in various areas of the Gaza Strip, amid continued violations of the ceasefire.
2. Young man killed at an occupation forces checkpoint east of Tulkarm
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced the death of a citizen while he was being detained by Israeli occupation forces at the Anab military checkpoint east of the city of Tulkarm, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Local sources reported that the deceased was Captain Raafat Khairy Ahmad Abu Khalil, from Attil, north of Tulkarm. He died as a result of being tortured by occupation soldiers at the checkpoint while he was on his way to work at the Military Training Authority in the city of Jericho.

3. Settlement expansion devours the West Bank: 64,000 dunams at risk of confiscation and 19,000 settlement units since October
Colonial expansion in the occupied West Bank is not taking place sporadically or through isolated decisions, but as part of an integrated process in which the occupation authorities advance step by step, from planning and approval to issuing tenders and preparing the land.
At the same time, vast areas of Palestinian land are being confiscated, while attacks by settlers and the army are escalating, in an attempt to redraw the geography of the West Bank and impose a permanent colonial reality at the expense of the Palestinian presence.

4. More than 800 teachers killed: the occupation targets education but cannot extinguish its mission
As the Israeli occupation continues its war against Palestinians and targets the foundations of their lives, Palestinian teachers have also not been spared the machinery of killing, arrest and abuse.
More than 800 teachers have been killed, more than 3,300 injured, and more than 170 teachers arrested since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said, on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, that these figures reveal the scale of the targeting suffered by the Palestinian education sector, while teachers insist on continuing their educational mission despite killing, destruction, displacement and arrest.

5. Occupation imposes comprehensive closure on the West Bank and Gaza on the anniversary of the Flood
In another step reflecting the policy of restriction and strangulation imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities on Palestinians, the occupation government is moving to tighten its grip on the West Bank and Gaza Strip by imposing a comprehensive closure and tightening restrictions on Palestinian movement.
The measures coincide with the anniversary of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” battle on October 7, at a time when raids, arrests and settler attacks are escalating and the space available to Palestinians for movement and daily life is shrinking.

6. Gaza’s medicines on the brink of depletion: shortages affecting treatment for mothers, children, kidney patients and cancer patients
The health sector in the Gaza Strip continues to be drained, despite nearly a year having passed since the ceasefire agreement came into effect.
Restrictions on the entry of medical supplies have left hospitals facing severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies, weakening their ability to provide treatment according to standard medical protocols.

Zaher Al-Wahidi, director of the Health Information Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, said that, as the first anniversary of the ceasefire agreement approaches, the health sector has seen no genuine improvement.

He stressed that the healthcare system continues to face ongoing depletion due to the continued loss of life and the strict restrictions imposed on the entry of medical supplies.

7. Heavy toll on prisoners: 530 arrests and 625 administrative orders during September
During the past month of September, the Israeli occupation authorities continued to intensify their policy of arrests and raids in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, while the use of administrative detention increased, alongside continuing violations against Palestinian prisoners inside prisons and detention centers.
The Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Studies said that occupation forces recorded 530 arrests during the past month, including 39 minors and 15 women and girls, in addition to the death of a prisoner inside occupation prisons.

8. Settlers continue bulldozing large areas of land in Umm Safa
Settlers continued bulldozing large areas of land belonging to the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, as part of their ongoing attacks on Palestinian lands.
Local sources reported that the bulldozing affected areas of the village’s land, amid fears that control over the territory could be expanded and further areas bulldozed.

9. From planning to tenders: 3,401 settlement units in E1 east of Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation authorities have completed the process of placing all the planned settlement units within the colonial project known as E1, east of occupied Jerusalem, into the implementation tender process, totaling 3,401 units.
The units have been redistributed into two separate tenders, in a move that pushes the project—intended to separate Jerusalem from the “Ma’ale Adumim” settlement—toward a more advanced implementation stage.

10. #Video: occupation soldiers and settlers dance inside the Ibrahimi Mosque
#Watch… Desecration through dancing and singing: footage documents occupation soldiers and settlers participating in the storming of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, and dancing inside it early today, in a provocative scene that violates the sanctity of the site.
European
11. Calls for protest march in Western Australia against the expansion of military-industrial complexes
The Australian Peace Industry organization called for broad participation in a large demonstration and popular march in Western Australia to confront the expansion of military-industrial complexes accused of complicity in financing Israel’s genocidal war.
The event will take place next Tuesday, October 6, with the aim of generating popular pressure to expel arms dealers and undermine the influence of American software and military companies allegedly involved in the killing of Palestinians.

12. Large demonstration in Aberdeen condemning support for the occupation
Dozens of activists and human-rights advocates demonstrated outside a “Barclays” bank branch in the Scottish city of Aberdeen, protesting the continued financing by banking groups of weapons manufacturers and artificial-intelligence technology companies allegedly involved in the genocidal war imposed on Palestine.
During the event, organizers announced the success of boycott efforts and ongoing pressure over the past three years in forcing investment funds and financial institutions to divest from their holdings and shares in the Israeli weapons manufacturer “Elbit Systems.”

13. #Video: German police violently assault pro-Palestinian supporters
#Watch… German police assaulted pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the capital Berlin during a gathering in support of civilians in Gaza and calling for an end to the genocide being carried out by the Israeli occupation.
14. Calls in Britain to prevent the expansion of US weapons manufacturer L3Harris in Burgess Hill
The Brighton Palestine Solidarity Campaign launched an urgent appeal to activists and local residents to submit immediate legal objections to prevent the US arms company “L3Harris,” described as complicit, from establishing a new military facility in the British town of Burgess Hill.
The campaign said that there is a deadline for submitting formal objections to prevent the facility from opening, stressing the need for mass action to isolate the company, which manufactures components for occupation fighter jets allegedly involved in the genocidal war.

15. Ireland ends press conference for its national team after chaos and false allegations by occupation media in Serbia
The Irish national team’s media delegation was forced to abruptly end a press conference by its coach, Heimir Hallgrímsson, in Serbia following confrontations and disorder caused by journalists representing the occupying entity, who made false political and racist accusations on the eve of the teams’ UEFA Nations League encounter.
Irish officials cut off occupation media outlets after they attempted to politicize the press conference and introduce security-related issues, as well as falsely accusing Irish players of racism.

16. Funding cut to European network after its public condemnation of the genocide
The European Commission halted funding for the European Network Against Racism after more than 20 years of continuous support, in what was described as a punitive measure following the network’s positions against Islamophobia and its public condemnation of the genocide allegedly being committed by the Israeli occupation in Palestine.
In response, parliamentarian Rima Hassan submitted an official question to the European Commission demanding an explanation for the decision and highlighting what she described as its stark contradiction with the European Union’s claims regarding its commitment to combating racism and protecting independent civic space.

She also called on civil society to support an emergency solidarity petition aimed at preventing the network from collapsing.

17. London-based human-rights organization: The world stands by watching the largest massacre in history in Gaza
Prominent human-rights activist Mohammed Jamil, head of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in London, stated that genocidal crimes throughout the occupied territories have not stopped for a moment, particularly in the Gaza Strip.
Jamil said that hardly a day passes without airstrikes targeting women, children and what remains of homes, amid complete international and global silence, with everyone standing by as spectators to what he described as the largest massacre in history, without taking meaningful action beyond grandiose statements and timid condemnations.

International
18. Angelina Jolie puts the world face-to-face with Gaza’s erased map
Humanitarian activist and actress Angelina Jolie called on global public opinion to open the “Google Earth” application to witness the genocide and large-scale destruction that has turned Gaza and its neighborhoods into rubble and ashes.
Jolie referred to satellite analyses issued by the United Nations, which show that 82% of Gaza’s buildings have been damaged and that approximately two-thirds of those damaged buildings have been completely destroyed.

The destruction has affected homes, schools, universities, hospitals, water networks, sewage systems and vital infrastructure necessary for survival.

19. Workers’ mobilization against FedEx shipping center in Oakland to impose a ban on the occupation
The “Workers for Palestine” organization called for broad popular and trade-union mobilization to shut down the global FedEx company’s shipping center in the US city of Oakland, protesting what it described as the company’s direct logistical involvement in transporting military equipment serving Israel’s genocidal war, which has continued for three years.
The organization also said that FedEx bears direct responsibility for enabling the occupation to continue its massacres in Gaza and expand its aggression in Lebanon and Iran, through its alleged role in transporting spare parts for F-35 fighter jets and 2,000-pound heavy bombs funded through US military aid packages.