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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Palestinian women's struggle unveiled in shocking numbers</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">March 7, 2024<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>On
the eve of International Women's Day, the Palestinian Central Bureau of
Statistics highlights Israeli violence against Palestinian women across
occupied Palestine.</p><img src="cid:ii_lthqdhsf0" alt="c3953d1b-5ab3-47a6-984a-6de9299a5aa0.jpg" width="395" height="263"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
Palestinian women react after their home was hit by an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported that <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--killing-63-palestinian-women-a-day--half-being-moth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Israel" killed 9,000 Palestinian women</a> since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>This comes at a time when the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced
that "Israel" has killed a confirmed total of 30,717 Palestinians, since
the start of the genocide against the Strip on October 7 of last year.</p>
<h2>Women in Gaza: An Israeli target</h2>
<p>The report, which reviewed the conditions of Palestinian women on the
eve of International Women's Day, indicated that 75% of the total
number of 72,156 injuries were women, while women and children also
constituted 70% of the 7,000 cases of missing persons.</p>
<p>Reports from Gaza further indicate that approximately two million
people were forced to evacuate their homes, with half of them being
women.</p>
<p>According to the report, Palestinian women also make up 49% of the
total population across all of occupied Palestine, with a count of 2.76
million women as of mid-2024 (1.63 million in the West Bank and 1.13
million in Gaza).</p>
<p>The health situation in Gaza reveals significant challenges for
pregnant women, with approximately 60,000 expectant mothers in the
region experiencing around 180 births daily. Approximately 15% of these
women are at risk of complications that are difficult to address due to a
lack of medical care. The incidence of premature births has risen by
about one-third, attributed to factors like stress and trauma, resulting
in a 300% increase in miscarriages.</p>
<p>Pregnant women in Gaza grapple with malnutrition and dehydration amid
severe food shortages. Many of their newborns are underweight and face
health issues. Mothers who breastfeed encounter reduced milk production
due to malnutrition, creating financial challenges in affording and
purchasing formula. Consequently, mothers resort to inadequate or even
unsafe alternatives for breastfeeding.</p>
<p>Women's health in Gaza has been adversely affected by Israeli
aggression, leading to a scarcity of sanitary supplies and reliance on
primitive options. Some women resort to contraceptive pills to maintain
sexual and reproductive health. The lack of medication and the
unavailability of numerous feminine hygiene products contribute to
female infections, negatively impacting both mental and physical
well-being.</p>
<h2>Women in the West Bank were not spared Israeli violence</h2>
<p>Regarding the West Bank, the Central Bureau of Statistics mentioned
that four Palestinian women were killed out of a total of 423
Palestinians since October 7.</p>
<p>In 2023, the report stressed that 300 women were detained in the West Bank, including 200 since the start of the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/un-experts--appalled--by-rights-violations-against-palestini" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israeli genocidal war on Gaza</a>.
In al-Quds, the occupation arrested 165 women out of which 84 were
detained after the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and the launch of
the Israeli genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.</p>
<h2>Israeli prisons: hell on earth for female detainees</h2>
<p>The report also emphasized the lack of accurate data regarding the
crime of enforced disappearance in Gaza, highlighting that the
occupation persists in implementing it against Gaza detainees.</p>
<p>Data from the Prisoners' Affairs Authority indicated that <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinians-sexually-assaulted--beaten-in-israeli-prisons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Israel" continues to detain 56 female prisoners</a>, including 44 from the West Bank, 3 from Gaza, and 9 from the occupied Palestinian territories of 1948.</p>
<p>Among them are 5 sentenced prisoners, 40 detainees, and 11 administratively detained women, with two of them being minors.</p>
<p>The report emphasized that pregnant and lactating Palestinian women
are more vulnerable to health risks. During crises, women tend to reduce
their food consumption, exposing themselves to the risk of malnutrition
and inadequate nutrition. <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/in-gaza--two-mothers-are-killed-per-hour--un-women" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pregnant and lactating women</a> are more susceptible to health risks, such as birth defects or early infant mortality.</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--killing-63-palestinian-women-a-day--half-being-moth">'Israel' killing 63 Palestinian women a day, half being mothers: UN</a></strong></p>
<h2>Israeli war on Gaza enters 153rd day, five killed in shelling on Rafah</h2>
<p>The Israeli occupation forces bombarded on Thursday, March 7, areas in south and central Gaza as its aggression on the Strip <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-war-on-gaza-enters-153rd-day--five-killed-in-shellin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entered its 153rd day</a>.</p>
<p>The Israeli strikes coincided with intense confrontations between
Palestinian Resistance fighters and the raiding Israeli forces in Gaza,
particularly in the southern regions of the Strip.</p>
<p><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent confirmed that five
Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the
al-Jenenah neighborhood east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza
Strip. The Israeli airstrikes caused a widespread internet outage in the
area.</p>
<p>Israeli artillery shelling also bombarded the outskirts of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/scores-of-martyrs--wounded-in-iof-shelling-on-khan-younis--a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scores of martyrs, wounded in IOF shelling on Khan Younis, al-Nuseirat</a></strong></p></div></div></div>
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