GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Government Media Office (GMO) revealed that Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza has claimed the lives of 8,900 Palestinian women and left over 23,000 others wounded, with 2,100 still unaccounted for.
The GMO said in a statement on Friday, “While the world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, Palestinian women continue to pay a heavy price for freedom and dignity.”
Describing Israel’s killings of Palestinian women as brutal, the statement criticized the international community for its passivity vis-à-vis such violations.
The Office highlighted that Israel’s war has displaced over half a million Palestinian women, subjecting them to extreme hardships and depriving them of basic necessities like food and medicine.
According to the statement, approximately 60,000 pregnant women are enduring difficult circumstances due to lack of access to essential healthcare and medical supplies. The Office added that hundreds of them “have lost their sons, newborns, or unborn children due to bombing, fear, and Israeli killing.”
The statement also addressed the plight of female Palestinian detainees, condemning the physical and psychological torture they endure.
The GMO praised the “steadfastness” of the Palestinian women, emphasizing their need to defend their rights and life requirements rather than face killing, shooting, detention, displacement, and migration, as it claimed the Israeli occupation army has been doing for over five continuous months.
The Office held the United States, the international community, and all relevant international organizations “fully responsible” for the genocide in Gaza and the harsh conditions imposed on Palestinian women there, criticizing both those who participated in the war and those who remained silent on Israeli crimes.
The statement urged “all the countries of the free world and the international community” to work toward ending the Israeli occupation and taking action to save Palestinian women from ongoing Israeli crimes, “including killing, shooting, arresting, humiliating, torturing, and forcing them to leave their homes, cities, and residential areas.”
