A 27-year-old pregnant Palestinian woman identified as Iman Shalouf died on Saturday after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head while inside a family tent in the al-Mawasi area south of Khan Younis. According to paramedics and witnesses, Israeli gunfire struck her while she was in the tent. Her family stated she was nearly eight months pregnant and had already selected the name Ayoub for the unborn child, who was due in November. Shalouf was transported to Nasser hospital, where medical staff initially detected fetal cardiac activity, but both mother and child died hours later. The Israel Defense Forces indicated they were investigating the incident when contacted.
The deaths occurred as part of broader violence across Gaza that claimed at least 10 Palestinian lives and wounded 56 others over a 48-hour period, according to the Gaza health ministry. Attacks were reported across northern, central, and southern areas of the territory, including artillery shelling and gunfire. A family of four in Beit Lahiya—Momen Ahmed, his wife Haneen Saleh, and their daughters Lana and Bana—were killed when their home was struck on Thursday night. Additional casualties were documented in Khan Younis and Gaza City, with several other Palestinians injured in separate incidents including a woman six months pregnant and children.
The violence persists despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect on 11 October 2025. The Gaza health ministry reported that since the ceasefire began, 1,369 Palestinians have been killed and 4,627 wounded. According to the ministry’s cumulative figures since Israel’s military operations began on 7 October 2023, at least 73,783 Palestinians have been killed and 174,738 wounded.
Humanitarian conditions remain dire, with the UN’s humanitarian office reporting that most of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents are positioned in overcrowded displacement sites ahead of the rainy season, facing risks of flooding and disease. Recent water shortages affecting approximately one million people who depend on the Israeli grid compounded existing challenges. Hospital electricity generators across Gaza have ceased functioning due to fuel and spare parts shortages, further straining medical infrastructure.
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