Freed Palestinian prisoner Hanan Al-Barghouti, who was released after months of administrative detention, says freeing Palestinian female abductees from Israeli jails must be prioritized.
Israeli regime forces have detained at least 435 Palestinian women in the occupied West Bank since the regime unleashed its genocidal war on the besieged Strip in October last year.
Iran has called for measures in defense of the Palestinian women suffering Israeli atrocities as the world marks the international day for Elimination of Violence against Women.
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.
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.
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.