Epal (European-Palestinian Media Center) Bulletin | Issue: 2578 | Date: Tuesday, 06/10/2026

1. 6 killed and 26 injured in Gaza in 24 hours; genocide death toll rises to 74,243
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that 6 people were killed and 26 injured and taken to hospitals across the Strip over the past 24 hours.
In its daily statistical report, the ministry explained that the fatalities included 3 newly killed people, 2 people who succumbed to injuries sustained previously, and the body of one person whose remains were recovered.

The Health Ministry said that the total number of people killed since the ceasefire decision on October 11, 2025, has reached 1,460, with 5,116 injured, in addition to the recovery of the bodies of 836 people.

2. One killed and two injured by occupation forces’ gunfire east of Hebron
One citizen was killed and two others were injured after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle near the entrance to the town of Bani Na’im, east of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.
The General Authority for Civil Affairs reported that the two injured people suffered serious and moderate wounds, respectively. Preliminary information did not include further details regarding the identities of the person killed and those injured, or the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

3. 235 fishermen killed and 1,810 boats destroyed: occupation forces devastate Gaza’s fishing sector
The Israeli occupation continues to target Gaza’s fishing sector, in one of the forms of systematic attacks on Palestinians’ sources of livelihood, after turning the sea into an area of pursuit and gunfire and destroying hundreds of boats and facilities associated with fishing, in an attempt to suffocate one of the vital sectors on which thousands of families in the Strip depend.
The Human Rights Protection Center revealed, in a new human rights report titled “Boats Under Fire,” a shocking toll of violations affecting fishermen and Gaza’s maritime sector during the period from October 7, 2023, through October 2026.

4. On World Habitat Day: occupation forces have destroyed 82% of Gaza’s buildings and are tightening the noose on Palestinians in the West Bank
While the world marks World Habitat Day under the slogan “Adequate Housing for All,” Palestinians are living in an entirely opposite reality. The Israeli occupation has turned the Gaza Strip into a vast expanse of rubble and displaced hundreds of thousands of families, while simultaneously escalating home demolitions, land seizures and forced displacement in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.
Data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics showed that approximately 201,290 buildings in the Gaza Strip were damaged as a result of the ongoing Israeli offensive from October 7, 2023, through June 16, 2026, representing around 82% of all buildings in the Strip. Of these, 134,422 buildings were completely destroyed, while approximately 328,627 housing units were damaged.

5. Occupation forces demolish a home, water well and animal shelters in Deirat, east of Yatta
Israeli occupation forces demolished the home of citizen Mohammed al-Amour in the Deirat area east of Yatta, south of Hebron, in addition to a water well, a tent and sheep pens, as part of their ongoing attacks against residents and the foundations of their ability to remain in the area.
Local sources reported that the demolished house consisted of one concrete floor and covered an area of approximately 140 square meters. It housed two families. The demolition also affected a water well, a tent and sheep pens, directly damaging residents’ property and sources of livelihood.

6. #Video: Settlers boast about stealing Palestinians’ olives
#Watch: Boasting about their acts of looting, Israeli settlers published footage on social media documenting their theft of olive crops from Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank.
7. #Video: Settlers burn vehicles and olive-growing lands
#Watch: Israeli settlers set fire to numerous vehicles and olive-planted lands east of Ramallah, in a new attack against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank.
European
8. 500 former European officials call for sanctions against settlements through concrete measures
Five hundred former European diplomats, ministers and officials called on the European Union to translate its opposition to Israeli settlements into concrete economic and trade measures, warning that proceeding with the “E1” project near occupied Jerusalem would further isolate the city from its Palestinian surroundings and undermine the prospects of establishing a geographically contiguous Palestinian state.
In an opinion article published by the French newspaper Libération, the signatories called for sanctions against financial and service entities involved in the project and settlement activity, a ban on European trade with settlements, and the suspension of the trade provisions of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the occupying state.

9. Coalition of Canadian organizations holds art workshop ahead of march in support of Gaza
A network of student and labor organizations and Palestinian community groups in Canada launched a joint mobilization effort by organizing an art workshop in the capital, Ottawa, to create and produce hundreds of protest signs and kites in preparation for the planned central march in support of the Gaza Strip and Palestine.
Several human rights and community organizations took part in the preparatory activity, most notably the Canadian Palestinian Association and the Palestinian Youth Movement, along with labor and student groups from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. Participants focused on using protest art to prepare materials for demonstrations that will take to the streets of the capital.

10. British Green Party votes against Zionism
The Green Party of England and Wales officially adopted an anti-Zionist policy after its members voted during the party’s annual conference in Brighton on a resolution defining Zionism as an ethno-nationalist political project.
The resolution states that opposition to Zionism does not constitute antisemitism and renews the party’s support for the liberation of Palestine and Palestinians’ right of return.

It also supports the boycott movement and calls for a comprehensive ban on arms exports to the occupation.

11. Demonstrations in Spanish cities call for a comprehensive arms ban and severing ties with the occupation
Several Spanish cities, led by Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Almería, Málaga, Seville and Valencia, witnessed large popular and trade-union demonstrations under the slogan “The genocide continues,” condemning the occupation and coinciding with the third anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
The main marches began at Atocha Square in Madrid at the invitation of the solidarity network against the occupation of Palestine, with the participation of trade unions and left-wing parties. A joint statement was read simultaneously in all the cities, criticizing the Spanish government’s official position and deeming its measures insufficient to sever ties with Tel Aviv.

12. Former British minister calls Palestine supporters “fools”
Former British minister Jacob Rees-Mogg described elderly people supporting Palestine as “fools” during an interview with American media personality Tucker Carlson.
The comments came in defense of security actions against the “Palestine Action” movement, which seeks to shut down British arms factories accused of supplying the Israeli occupation army with weapons used in the genocide.

13. Ireland’s national team lowers its heads and refuses to shake hands with occupation team amid media boycott
Players of the Irish national football team renewed their on-field protests against the occupying entity by refusing to shake hands and deliberately lowering their heads during the Israeli national anthem, while wearing black armbands, before the start of their tense UEFA Nations League match, which ended in a 1–1 draw in Serbia.
The match — moved from Dublin to a neutral stadium in the Serbian town of Bačka Topola and played without spectators in order to prevent protests — featured significant solidarity gestures.

14. Occupation prevents leader of British Green Party from entering occupied territories
The occupation’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, issued a decision barring Zack Polanski, leader of Britain’s Green Party, from entering the occupied Palestinian territories, in coordination with the occupation’s security agencies, in response to the party’s adoption of an official political resolution describing Zionism as racist.
The decision came after members of the British Green Party voted during their general conference in Brighton, by a majority of 56%, in favor of a resolution classifying Zionism as a “racist ideology” and an “ethno-nationalist” political project within the party’s official literature and policies, while emphasizing its rejection of conflating opposition to Zionism with antisemitism.

15. French campaign launches broad protest to target arms companies complicit with the occupation
The “Stop Arming Israel in France” campaign launched an extended grassroots mobilization under the slogan “Month of Actions,” with the aim of shutting down and disrupting the Israeli war machine and protesting the continuation of French military exports to the occupation despite the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity.
International
16. Former U.S. soldier: America’s wars in the Middle East are merely a service to Israel
Former U.S. Marine Brian McGuinness reveals how his wife opened his eyes to the reality of what is happening in the West Bank and how he came to understand the extent of the propaganda of which he had previously been a part.
A testimony highlighting how U.S. influence and wars in the Middle East are used to serve the interests of the occupation at the expense of the region’s peoples.

17. Candidate Connie Chan calls for arms embargo on Israel
Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives Connie Chan announced the main pillars of her election campaign opposing the export of weapons of death to the occupying entity, calling for a comprehensive and complete ban on the flow of arms to the Israeli government.
Chan emphasized that she is the only candidate in the race with the “moral clarity” to call for an immediate end to military support for the occupation.

18. International campaign pressures Center for Reproductive Rights to stop marginalizing occupation crimes against Palestinian women
The anti-war feminist movement Code Pink launched a broad pressure campaign targeting the board and staff of the Center for Reproductive Rights, calling on it to break its silence and take a public position condemning Israeli crimes against women and men in Palestine.
The campaign came after more than 3,100 people signed a protest petition that was completely ignored by the center’s management. The organization operates globally in the field of reproductive health and rights in America, Africa and Asia, while excluding Palestine from its international agenda and campaigns.

19. Turkish organization: Killing of Deniz Feneri director in Gaza sends message aimed at paralyzing humanitarian aid
The policy of targeting the humanitarian aid system in the Gaza Strip continues, in an attempt to tighten the siege on living conditions and paralyze humanitarian organizations’ ability to provide assistance to displaced and affected people.
The Israeli occupation army killed Saqr al-Qaisi, director of the Turkish organization “Deniz Feneri,” in an airstrike targeting a civilian vehicle he was traveling in south of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. He was killed in the attack and nine other people were injured.

20. #Video: “Freedom March” in support of Palestine in Johannesburg
#Watch: “If this is not genocide, then why are you preventing aid?” Hundreds gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, to participate in the “Freedom March” in solidarity with the Palestinian people, carrying signs reading “Free Palestine” and “Free Al-Aqsa.”