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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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Rescue of Women After Bombing

Civil Defense teams rescued civilian victims, all of whom were women and children, from the rubble of their home following its bombing by Israeli occupation forces.

Injury to Women and Children

Women and children walking in the street were injured as a result of Israeli occupation forces bombing a residential complex within the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

Elderly Woman Ni’ma Qraiqa

“I recognized her by her sleeping position.”

Journalist Mohammad Qraiqa lost his elderly mother, a 65-year-old woman with heart disease and diabetes, during the Israeli occupation forces’ invasion of Al-Shifa Hospital. Qraiqa states that the occupation soldiers deliberately executed his mother while searching for him, as he is her only son.

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.