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Sunday, February 9, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 9, 2025
IDF military police opens probe into reported killing of two Palestinian women in West Bank
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF Military Police has launched an investigation after the Palestinian Authority health ministry reported that two women, one of them pregnant, were shot and killed by Israeli gunfire in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem this morning.
“Following the incident, an investigation by the Military Police Investigatory Unit was opened,” the IDF says in response to a query.
PA health officials identified the two women as Rahaf al-Ashqar, 21, and Sundus Shalabi, 23. The ministry said Shalabi was eight months pregnant, and that her husband, Yazan Abu Shola, was severely injured in the incident.
