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.
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.