Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 9, 2025
PA officials say pregnant Palestinian woman shot, killed in West Bank; IDF looking into reports
Sundus Shalabi, an eight-month pregnant 23-year-old Palestinian woman, was shot and killed by IDF gunfire while trying to leave the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank, reports the Palestinian Authority health ministry.
Her husband was severely injured.
The IDF says it is looking into the reports.
The incident comes during a widespread counter-terror operation by the Israeli military in the northern West Bank.