A Palestinian minister says Israeli forces deliberately target women in their atrocities against the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Ramallah-based Palestinian government’s Minister of Women's Affairs Mona al-Khalili made the comments in a press statement on Sunday.

She noted that 9,560 Palestinian women have been killed by the regime’s forces since the beginning of the Israeli genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023.

“Women in the Gaza Strip are suffering from the most dangerous and harsh conditions in decades, as a result of deteriorating health and living conditions, displacement, and lack of shelter, in addition to the lack of food and water,” the minister said.

Al-Khalili stated that there are approximately 15,000 pregnant women currently in the Gaza Strip, “95 percent of whom do not eat sufficient amounts of food, which increases health risks to the mother and fetus.”

She added that there are about a million forcibly displaced women who face exacerbated risks in shelter centers, which lack basic necessities.

Al-Khalili said approximately 37 mothers are killed every day in Gaza, leaving behind devastated families and displaced children.

According to a detailed report by the Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, female Palestinian detainees from Gaza have been subjected to sexual violence, torture, inhumane treatment, strip searches, sexual harassment.