Two mothers killed every hour in Gaza

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If truth is the first victim of war then women and girls come a close second according to the latest statistics from Israel’s ongoing attacks on civilians in Gaza.

Following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and the ongoing Israel bombardment of Gaza, UN Women have set about analysing the differentiated impacts on women, men, girls and boys in an attempt to assess and address their needs. Their last update was December 22. This is a summary of their analysis.

“In Israel, the October 7 attack killed 1,200 people, including many women and at least 33 children.

“UN Women is alarmed by the numerous accounts of gender-based atrocities and sexual violence during those attacks, and since.

“In addition, some 250 people, including approximately 65 women, were abducted.

“Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Gaza have spent months living under unbearable conditions.

“Nearly 1 million women and girls have been displaced, and more than 12,000 women and children have been killed.”

UNICEF have called Gaza the “most dangerous place to be a child”.

Four in five Gazans already face hunger and starvation, according to the World Food Programme, and there is risk of famine.

12,882 women and children have been killed
951,490 women and girls have been displaced from their homes
2784 women have become widows and new heads of households following the deaths of their male partners
10,022 children have lost their fathers
Two mothers are killed every hour in Gaza
50,000 women in Gaza are pregnant with 5522 expected to give birth in the next month.

“UN Women has had an office in Palestine since 1997 to help women achieve their social, economic, and political rights.

“We remain present on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank to provide support and assistance and will do so for as long as it takes.

“UN Women calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as well as the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and sustained and unrestricted humanitarian access to facilitate the entry and provision of assistance, including food, water, fuel, and health supplies at the scale required to meet the full needs of women and girls in the Gaza Strip.”

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