Overview

• Yala Nafarroa con Palestina prevailed in a public vote to lead the Chupinazo, appointing three members to fire the opening rocket from the town hall balcony.
• Eduardo Ibero Albo described the ceremony as a chance to ‘give Palestine a voice,’ and Lidón Soriano Segarra broke from protocol to shout ‘Stop Genocide. Free Palestine.’
• Organizers reported that Monday’s first encierro injured six participants with bruises and contusions but caused no horn-related wounds.
• Animal rights groups staged renewed protests against the bull runs, denouncing them as cruel despite no changes to festival regulations.
• The nine-day San Fermín festival, held since the late 16th century, continues to draw thousands of runners and spectators to Pamplona each July.