A pregnant Palestinian woman died on Saturday from injuries sustained after being shot in the head by Israeli forces south of Khan Younis, according to her family and medical workers, as strikes across Gaza killed more than 10 people over the previous 48 hours. The woman, named as Iman Shalouf, 27, who was nearly eight months pregnant, was sitting inside her family’s tent in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis when Israeli gunfire struck her in the head, according to paramedics and witnesses. She went to check on her and found her covered in blood after she was hit by a bullet.” Ismail abu Mashi, the husband of Shalouf, said “‘Where is the ceasefire they keep talking about?
There is killing every day. People are dying here every day.” Shalouf was rushed to Nasser hospital, where doctors initially detected her unborn baby’s heartbeat. However, a few hours later, Shalouf and her unborn baby died.
According to relatives, Shalouf had already chosen the name Ayoub for the baby, who was due to be born in November. Relatives and community members gathered at Nasser hospital later on Saturday to hold funeral prayers for Shalouf and her child before carrying their bodies for burial in Khan Younis. They were buried side by side.
Contacted by the Guardian, the Israel Defense Forces said they were looking into the incident. Despite the ceasefire agreement reached in October 2025, violence and the killing of Palestinians continue on a daily basis. The health ministry in Gaza said 10 Palestinians had been killed and 56 wounded in Israeli attacks over the previous 48 hours, amid artillery shelling and gunfire in several areas of northern, central and southern Gaza.
Four members of the same family – Momen Ahmed, his wife, Haneen Saleh, and their daughters Lana, 12, and Bana, eight – were killed when their home in Beit Lahiya was struck on Thursday night, according to the ministry. Six other Palestinians were reported killed in Khan Younis and Gaza City on Friday, including a man who died of wounds sustained in an earlier attack. Several other Palestinians were injured in attacks across Gaza.
On Friday, two people were reportedly seriously injured in an attack in Beit Lahiya, while three people including a six-months pregnant woman and a child were wounded by gunfire in the same city. On Saturday, nine people were injured when a displaced people’s tent in al-Mawasi was shelled, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. On Sunday, two Palestinians were killed and several others injured when a vehicle was struck in Tel al-Hawa in Gaza City, according to the health ministry.
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