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Israel Kills 3 Palestinian Women, Including a Journalist and Two Girls, in Gaza
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The Occupation Kills Three Palestinian Women, Including a Journalist and Two Girls, in Gaza
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemns the continued killing of Palestinian civilians by Israeli occupation forces, the latest of which was the killing of three Palestinian women, including a journalist and two girls. This comes amidst ongoing bombing and demolition operations in the Gaza Strip, in the context of Israel's deliberate and continuous violations of the unilateral ceasefire agreement, despite the absence of any hostilities.
According to information gathered by the Center's researchers, Israeli artillery stationed east of the Central Governorate fired several shells between 00:00 and 00:05 on Monday, March 9, 2026. The shells landed in the Al-Sawarha area, southwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp, where tents housing displaced people are located. The shelling killed journalist Amal Hammad Ahmed Shamali, 46, a correspondent for Qatar Radio, who was struck in the head by shrapnel. Five members of her family were also injured, three of them critically, when their tent was directly hit.
The shelling also killed 11-year-old Salsabeel Anwar Mahmoud Faraj, who was struck in the head by shrapnel while sleeping in her tent in the area. Two other family members were injured, one critically.
Furthermore, 16-year-old Nour Saleh Mohammed Al-Shalalfah was killed by shrapnel that caused a head injury. Three other family members were injured, two critically.
The shelling also injured several other civilians inside their tents in the Abu Shamas camp, and damaged a large number of tents at the site. Anwar Mahmoud Muhammad Faraj, 36, told a researcher from the center that he was sleeping with his wife and two children inside their tent in the Abu Shamas camp in the Al-Sawarha area, southwest of the Nuseirat camp, where they have been living for about two years, when they heard a series of explosions in the area. He explained that the explosions injured his wife, Saloum Abdul Rahman Muhammad Faraj, 36, with shrapnel in her hand, and his six-month-old son, Salama, with shrapnel in his head while he was sleeping in his mother's arms. His eleven-year-old daughter, Salsabeel, also sustained a severe head injury from shrapnel.
He added that shrapnel was scattered throughout the camp, damaging a large number of tents, causing cries for help to be heard throughout the area. The shelling resulted in other deaths and injuries. He stated that about an hour later, ambulances arrived at the scene and transported his daughter Salsabeel to Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat camp, where doctors confirmed she had died at the moment of her injury. His wife and son are continuing to receive treatment. Citizen Nasma Adnan Suleiman Abu Shalouf, 22, told a researcher from the center that she heard approximately five consecutive explosions within five minutes, causing shrapnel to fly towards the tents in the area. She added that seconds later, she heard her brother, Mohammed, 17, screaming for help after his wife, Nour Saleh Mohammed Al-Shalalfah, 16, whom he had married about two months prior, was injured. A piece of shrapnel penetrated the tent, causing severe head trauma, which resulted in her death.
The family of journalist Amal Hammad Ahmed Shamali also reported that she was sleeping with her three children inside their tent when a shell landed nearby, injuring her with shrapnel that caused severe head trauma. The shelling also injured her three children and several other family members residing in adjacent tents, while the tent was completely destroyed by the explosion.
In another incident, at approximately 4:35 PM on Sunday, March 8, 2026, an Israeli drone attacked a gathering of civilians near the al-Katiba Mosque in western Gaza City, killing two Palestinians: Muhammad Mustafa Shahada Abu Shadaq (31 years old) and Abdul Rahman Husni Hamdouna (30 years old), a volunteer paramedic with the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Several other civilians sustained injuries of varying severity, some of them critical. The area is densely populated with displaced people.
According to the center's researchers, since the ceasefire declaration on October 10, 2025, Israeli forces have continued to carry out airstrikes, artillery shelling, and gunfire, in addition to repeated demolitions within the areas known as the "Yellow Line," with the aim of destroying what remains of homes and buildings. These attacks have so far resulted in the deaths of 648 Palestinians and injuries to more than 1,728 others, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
These acts constitute grave violations of international humanitarian law, particularly the principles of distinction and proportionality, and amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Their general context, repetition, and targeting of protected groups reflect acts that fall under the crime of genocide as defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, through the willful killing and inflicting of serious bodily harm on members of a national group with the intent to destroy it in whole or in part.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights calls on the international community to assume its responsibilities and take immediate action, including providing urgent protection for civilians, ending the military presence of the occupying forces in the Gaza Strip, halting the targeting of civilian neighborhoods, and compelling Israel to cease its attacks and the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.
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