MONITOIRNG (SW) – On Friday, the UN Women’s agency said that two mothers are killed every hour in Israel’s war on Gaza.
The UN Women’s agency executive director Sima Bahous warns of “generational trauma” on Palestinians.
“We have seen evidenced once more that women and children are the first victims of conflict.”
According to the agency, around 70% of those killed are estimated to be women and children.
UN Women reported on the social media platform X that nearly 3,000 women have been widowed.
Some one million women and girls are displaced, starving, scared, searching for safety where there is none, according to UN Women.
“We have seen unparalleled destruction rained on the people of #Gaza. For them, there is no place of safety or respite,” said Bahous.
New mothers are suffering in Gaza
The war is particularly brutal for pregnant women in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
The mother of two-month-old Muaaz was caught in an Israeli air strike in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp while pregnant.
The Israeli missile levelled the expectant mother’s home and she was lucky to have survived, digging herself out from beneath the rubble and debris along with her one-year-old son.
“The people of #Gaza need unhindered relief. The war must end,” UN Women said.
Nearly 25,000 people reportedly killed, and 61,500 injured in Gaza during the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Over 17,000 women and girls killed in Gaza war.
