Gaza, July 4 (SANA ) After one thousand days of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Palestinian women and girls continue to shoulder one of the gravest human burdens, facing death, injury, the loss of family providers, repeated displacement, and the collapse of healthcare services.
UN Women data indicate that more than 38,000 women and girls were killed between October 2023 and December 2025, while around 11,000 sustained permanent disabilities.
Thousands of women have become the sole breadwinners for families who lost their providers, while many others are living in camps that lack privacy, water, and medical care amid widespread destruction of infrastructure.
A UN analysis released in April 2026 reported that at least 47 women and girls are killed every day in Gaza.
The Ministry of Social Development in Gaza stated that more than 12,500 women have been killed since the beginning of the aggression, including over 9,000 mothers, leaving tens of thousands of children without maternal care.
The number of widows has risen to more than 28,000, most of them of working age, now facing the responsibility of supporting their families amid a lack of job opportunities, rising prices, and difficulty accessing basic necessities.
Widespread bombardment destroyed homes and forced women into repeated displacement, leaving them in tents set up on rubble, in schoolyards, or hospital courtyards, without water or healthcare services. Menstrual poverty has spread due to severe shortages of hygiene supplies.
[7/4/2026 3:30 PM] Mazen Eyon: The suffering of pregnant women has intensified due to the collapse of the healthcare system and shortages of medicines.
More than 12,000 miscarriages have been recorded since the beginning of the aggression, caused by severe malnutrition and the breakdown of medical services. Many women are forced to give birth in dangerous conditions without proper equipment or specialized care.
Amid the destruction, poverty and unemployment have deepened.
Displaced families struggle daily to obtain food and water, while hospitals operate at limited capacity due to damage, shortages of medicines, supplies, and medical staff.
Women have also been deprived of early detection, diagnosis, and treatment programs for breast cancer due to the destruction of primary healthcare centers and imaging departments. The remaining health facilities operate only partially.
Since October 8, 2023, the Israeli war has killed around 73,000 Palestinians and injured more than 173,000, while destroying 90 percent of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, according to Anadolu.
As the suffering of women and girls intensifies after one thousand days of genocide, the need for humanitarian assistance, protection, healthcare, psychological support, and economic aid continues to grow in a Gaza Strip devastated by destruction, displacement, and immense human loss.
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