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 attacks in Gaza killed at least 10 people in 48 hours. The woman, named Iman Shalouf, 27, who was almost eight months pregnant, was sitting inside her family’s tent in the al-Mawasi area when Israeli gunfire hit her, according to paramedics and witnesses. praying,” Wathfa abu Mashi, Shalouf’s mother-in-law, said in a video interview with Anadolu. “My daughter asked me, ‘Where is Iman?’ I told him I was in his store. “He went to check on her and found her covered in blood after being hit by a bullet.” Shalouf’s husband, Ismail abu Mashi, said: “Where is the ceasefire they keep talking about? There is no such thing. There are killings every day. People die here every day.” Shalouf was rushed to Nasser Hospital, where doctors initially detected her unborn baby’s heartbeat, but she and her unborn baby died a few hours later. According to his relatives, Shalouf had already chosen the name Ayoub for the baby, who would be born in November. Relatives and community members gathered at the hospital to hold funeral prayers for Shalouf and his son before transporting their bodies for burial in Khan Younis. They were buried next to each other. Contacted by The Guardian, the Israel Defense Forces said they were investigating the incident. Despite the ceasefire agreement reached in October 2025, violence and killings of Palestinians continue daily. Gaza’s Health Ministry said 10 Palestinians had been killed and 56 wounded in Israeli strikes over the previous 48 hours, amid artillery shelling and gunfire in several areas of northern, central and southern Gaza. Displaced Palestinians walk among the ruins of buildings in the Al-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, east of Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPAFour 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 attacked on Thursday night, according to the ministry. Six more Palestinians were reported killed in Khan Younis and Gaza City on Friday, including a man who died from injuries sustained in an earlier attack. Several other Palestinians were injured in attacks across Gaza. On Friday, two people were seriously injured in an attack in Beit Lahiya, while three people, including a six-month pregnant woman and a child, were injured by gunfire in the same city. On Saturday, nine people were injured when a tent for displaced people in al-Mawasi was bombed, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. On Sunday, two Palestinians were killed and several others injured when a vehicle was hit in Tel al-Hawa in Gaza City, according to the Health Ministry. The attack also injured people passing by a bus carrying women and children. On 28 August, UNICEF said that at least four children had been reported dead and many others injured in the previous five days, including children who suffered life-changing injuries. On 2 September, it said that three more children had reportedly been killed and at least five others injured in the previous 24 hours, bringing to seven the number of children allegedly killed between 23 August and 2 September. “Airstrikes by Israeli forces continue to kill and injure Palestinians,” said Doctors Without Borders. “Between September 6 and 9, Israeli forces issued 18 evacuation orders and attacked a building less than 80 meters from an MSF clinic.” The humanitarian situation remains serious. According to the UN humanitarian office, “the majority of Gaza’s 2.1 million people are approaching the rainy season in overcrowded displacement sites, at risk of flooding and disease, while efforts to help them prepare are limited by funding shortages and access restrictions.” On August 31, a temporary halt to desalination in Israel reduced the water available to around one million people in Gaza who rely on the Israeli network. Several electricity generators in hospitals across the Gaza Strip have stopped working due to a shortage of spare parts and fuel, the territory’s Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, 1,369 Palestinians have been killed and 4,627 injured since the fragile ceasefire came into effect on October 11, 2025. Since Israel’s war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, at least 73,783 Palestinians have been killed and 174,738 injured, according to the ministry.
