The ongoing aggression in Gaza Strip and Lebanon have created a dire situation for women, who are often the most vulnerable in times of war. The intersection of political turmoil, economic hardship, and cultural challenges has complicated the challenges women face.

The United Nations Population Fund UNFPA has warned against the repercussions of malnutrition on the pregnant women and new born babies in Gaza as the Israeli regime continues genocidal war and blockade of the crossings into the war-torn strip.

In an interview with UN News via Zoom, Guimond spoke about the "profound impact of the scenes of destruction and displacement" she witnessed, highlighting the "disproportionate effect of the war in Gaza on women, with over 10,000 women killed" since the aggression began.

Displaced and war-torn, women in Gaza baked sweets with the simple ingredients available to mark Eid al-Adha. (photo)

In a statement, the agency said: “The war in Gaza continues to be a war on women.”

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

Israeli army ‘committed 2,922 massacres’ in Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, says Government Media Office in Gaza

Moroccan women took to the streets of Cassablanca to express outrage over Israeli soldiers raping and killing Palestinian women in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

A Palestinian woman who witnessed the harrowing moments in al Shifa Hospital says Israeli forces raped women in al-Shifa Hospital before killing them.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said, since October 7, nearly 37 Palestinian mothers have been killed due to Israeli atrocities against Gaza Strip on a daily basis.

During the 154 consecutive days of Israel's war on Gaza, approximately 9,000 women, including thousands of mothers and pregnant women, have lost their lives due to Israeli occupation forces' attacks. Additionally, around 60,000 women suffer from malnutrition and lack of healthcare.

Women in Palestinian ‘mourning their loved ones, being killed, displaced, deprived of the most basic human rights, in full view and hearing of the world,’ says Mohammad Shtayyeh

A prominent university professor from the faculty of humanities and social sciences in Tunisia stressed that the history of resistance shows several remarkable female role models.

In a report issued yesterday, the rights group quoted its lawyer saying that since 7 October, Israeli occupation forces have launched a massive arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, inside Israel and in Gaza, specifically targeting female prisoners, who were tortured and abused from the moment of their arrest.

Indeed, the stripping of five women in front of their children, parading them naked around their family home and then stealing their jewellery by an Israeli military unit, was not a random act. It deserves deep reflection, Ramzy Baroud wrote in an article in Middle Ear Manitor.

A group of Jordanian lawmakers have issued a statement calling for expulsion of Israeli ambassador after the forced strip search of five Palestinian women by Israeli forces during a raid on their homes in the West Bank city of al-Khalil.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the forced stripping of Palestinian women by Israeli forces in al-Khalil as the UN calls for investigation into the move.

According to a report by the Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, on Tuesday, Israeli forces conducted an early morning raid on the home of the Palestinian Ajluni family in south Hebron back in July, waking a total of 26 people in the household, including 15 children aged from 4 months to 17 years old.

The number of females in Palestine reached 2.70 million females out of the total estimated population in mid-2023, with a percentage of about 49%, whereas the sex ratio reached 103.3; meaning that there are 103 males for every 100 females, said the PCBS. Women headed about 12% of households in Palestine (12% in the West Bank and 11% in the Gaza Strip ...

UN Women's Special Representative in Palestine, Maryse Guimond, said during the launching ceremony of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence that the campaign calls for more "engagement and participation from all segments of society to combat violence against women in order to achieve the necessary changes to protect them".