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News Center- Israel has been attacking the Gaza Strip since October 7,2023 and Lebanon since October 8, 2023, openly killing people. Women and children are targeted in the attacks while seeking shelters in “safe” areas. In Gaza, the most basic supplies, such as bread, clean water, medicine and even baby formula, are used as weapons by Israel.

Israel keeps violating human rights and international conventions and law by attacking civilians both in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon.

Women and children made up 60% of those killed in Gaza

The pre-war population of Gaza was 2.3 million but it was described as the world's largest open-air jail due to Israeli siege. In one year, Israel dropped at least 50,000 bombs on an area of about 365 square kilometers, targeting schools, shelter centers, hospitals, orphanages and civilian houses. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, according to the Gaza’s health ministry. Women and children made up 60% of those killed in Gaza. At least 710 Palestinian newborn babies have been killed in Israel attacks. The death toll in Israeli attacks on Gaza is likely significantly higher. According to figures, at least two women are killed in Gaza every two hours and 50 women are killed every day.

Women gave birth in inhumane conditions

According to international convention, women should be protected in conflict and war zones. However, pregnant women and children were not allowed to cross Rafah into Egypt or the Erez crossing into Israel to receive treatment. When Israel started a war on the Gaza Strip, the number of pregnant women in Gaza were about 50,000. According to reports, 180 women gave birth every day in human conditions with a lack of anesthetic, clean water and food for the infants. Some of them could not reach hospitals due to Israeli restrictions. There is a 300% increase in the miscarriage rate among pregnant women in Gaza, according to healthcare workers in Gaza. In December 2023, Israel targeted Gaza's largest fertility clinic, destroying more than 4,000 embryos.

Palestinians displaced multiple times

Around 90% of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been displaced by the war, often multiple times, according to U.N. estimates. Women struggling to survive have been displaced multiple times by taking only the belongings they could carry with them. The women stay in shelters or camps trying to protect themselves from all kinds of threats. One toilet is available for an average of 700 people in shelters, where women have no privacy, UNICEF said in December 2023. The lack of safe water and sanitary products caused the spread of diseases in Gaza.

Arrested women and children

Women and children were also arrested Israeli forces, being subjected to sexual assault, torture and harassment. More than 10,000 Palestinians, including 86 women and 250 children were arrested by Israeli forces between October 2023 and August 2024. At least 93 journalists were arrested while covering the war. According to the reports, six of these journalists are women and still held in Israeli prisons.

Displaced Palestinians need sealing-off kits before winter arrives

74% of the displaced Palestinians' tents have become unsuitable for use, according to the government. Over one million displaced Palestinians in central and southern Gaza urgently need these sealing-off kits before winter arrives, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter Cluster in Palestine. Displaced Palestinian women describe the life in tents as “Dying slowly”.

Children dying of malnutrition

On October 9,2023, the Israeli Defense Minister announced “a complete siege” on the Gaza Strip, without electricity, water, food and fuel. Israel has used starvation as a method of warfare. In the Gaza Strip, more than 40 people, including children, have died of severe malnutrition. International organizations have defined the Israeli war on Gaza as a war on “children”.

Israel uses water as a weapon

Since the start of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the people in Gaza have had only 4.74 liters of water per person per day for all uses, including drinking, cooking and washing, which represents a dramatic 94% reduction. Israel uses water as a weapon, showing a disregard for human life and causing the spread of diseases.

Death toll in Lebanon rising

More than 2,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October 8, 2023. Israeli attacks on Lebanon have intensified in recent months, displacing more than 77,000. Some schools have been turned into shelters for displaced people.