One in every 21 women.. When women become the battlefield

A report reviews the suffering of women in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, based on a UN statistic that about 50,000 women and girls have been killed or seriously injured, meaning one in every 21 women and girls in the Strip. The report describes the transformation of women from the backbone of society to displaced persons living in tents, fighting two wars: bombardment and loss, and silent daily survival. The report indicates that the vast majority of displaced women suffer from acute food insecurity and do not receive the minimum of basic healthcare services. It also highlights a silent crisis: thousands of pregnant women are forced to walk long distances to reach overcrowded hospitals lacking electricity and clean water, teenage girls who have been out of school for two years and have become responsible for supporting entire families, and elderly women who have lost their chronic medications. The report concludes that the announced figure of 50,000 is only for those whose cases medical teams were able to document in hospitals, while the reality in distant tents and hard-to-reach areas may be wider.