Palestinians say the fatal shooting of a pregnant 23-year-old in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank signals a worrying trend toward more lethal, warlike tactics by Israel in the occupied territory.

The call came in the middle of the night. Sondos Shalabi was whispering. There was panic in her voice. “Help please,” she whispered to her father-in-law. “You have to save us.”

The fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sondos Shalabi, eight months pregnant with her first child, comes as Israel escalates violence against civilians in the occupied territory.