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Women

This section highlights the crimes committed by the occupation against women, including massacres that have claimed the lives of many women due to both deliberate and unintended attacks. The regional director of the agency for Arab countries stated, "The war in Gaza is undoubtedly a war on women, who are paying a heavy price for a war not of their making." Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have killed more than ten thousand Palestinian women.

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Elderly Woman Fatima Baroud

Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the elderly at Al-Wafa Hospital while they were having dinner, resulting in the martyrdom of the hospital director, Dr. Medhat Mohesin, and injuring many elderly patients.

Palestinian Woman Rescues Her Children

While the family was sitting in safety and peace, with the mother combing her daughters’ hair, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed their home. The mother had to rescue her children from under the rubble with her own hands.

Execution of Palestinian Women and Burning Their Bodies

Palestinian Civil Defense teams reveal a crime of complete execution at the house of Anwar Abu Madi in Khan Younis Governorate, carried out by Israeli occupation troops against Palestinian women. Their bodies were burned using a highly flammable substance.

After the execution of the women with a 500mm automatic rifle from point-blank range, the occupation troops burned their bodies with a chemical compound of increased potency, which even led to the melting of the concrete in the ceiling of the room where the execution took place, causing their bones to melt.

Mother and Daughters Injured

Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a home in Deir al-Balah without prior warning, resulting in injuries to both a mother and her two daughters.

Injury of an American Citizen

Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the house of an American citizen in Deir al-Balah without prior warning, resulting in serious injuries.

Woman Trapped Her Home

Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a Palestinian family’s house in Gaza without prior warning. As a result, children and women fell victim to the attack, with one woman remaining trapped under the roof of her home.

Massacre of Al-Fara Family

Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house where Al-Fara family had sought refuge in the vicinity of Hamed area in Khan Younis. Following the bombing, Israeli forces opened fire on those who survived. The attack resulted in the martyrdom of five women, a fifteen-year-old boy, and an elderly man. The remaining women sustained serious injuries.

Targeting Sleeping Women and Children

Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house on Al-Sadra Street in Gaza City, targeting sleeping women and children. The bombing resulted in the martyrdom of two women and a five-year-old girl, while the remaining women and children sustained severe injuries, with their legs being severed.

Corpses of Women at Nasser Medical Complex

Five unidentified female bodies were discovered at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. After Israeli occupation troops withdrew from the complex, where they committed a heinous massacre, mutilated corpses, stole organs, and detained medical staff and displaced persons, the bodies of these women, who were displaced and had sought refuge there, were found in a mass grave within the complex.

Targeting Women Attempting to Return to Their Homes

Israeli occupation soldiers fired live ammunition and incendiary bombs at Palestinian women attempting to return to their homes in Gaza City, despite their efforts to signal their surrender by raising their hands. As a result, Ibtisam Khalil Al-Zant sustained severe burns.