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Average of 47 women and girls killed daily during Gaza war, UN says

EuroNews · · 1001 words · By Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom
Humanitarian crisis in Gaza Gendered Impact of Conflict
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025, the latest report The Cost of War in Gaza on Women and Girls by UN Women revealed.”
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Multiple web search results cite a UN Women analysis stating that over 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025. The specific figures and timeframe are consistently reported across different search snippets derived from UN sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war has disproportionately affected children, who make up about 40% of the population of the Gaza Strip. In November 2023, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that "Gaza is becoming …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_the_Gaza_war_on_chil…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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“This figure accounts for more than half of the estimated deaths reported over the same period by the Gaza Ministry of Health (MoH), which has recorded 71,200 fatalities since the start of Israel's military offensive in Gaza launched in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023.”
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The claim is corroborated by web search results that reference the 38,000+ figure and compare it to the total fatalities reported by the Gaza MoH, citing the timeframe and the general comparison point.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 6 April 2026, at least 75,498 people (73,459+ Palestinians and 2,039+ Israelis) have been reported killed in the Gaza war according to the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) and Israeli Ministry of Fore…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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“Figures show that "fatality peaks among women and children also coincided with periods of large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure," with "destruction of homes, schools and designated shelters heavily concentrated during the early phase of the war."”
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The claim is directly supported by a web search result referencing 'The Cost of War in Gaza on Women and Girls,' which states that 'Fatality peaks among women and children also coincided with periods of large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure. Destruction of homes, schools, and designated shelters were heavily concentrated during the early phase of the war.'
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web search NEUTRAL — The scale and pace of destruction and damage of buildings in the Gaza Strip ranks among the most severe in modern history, [418][419][420] surpassing the level of destruction of Dresden and London dur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War
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web search NEUTRAL — Fatality peaks among women and children also coincided with periods of large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure. Destruction of homes, schools, and designated shelters were heavily concentra…
https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/advocacy…
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web search NEUTRAL — Among them were 502 human rights defenders, while a total of 625 defenders were either killed or disappeared. The report also reveals a shocking toll on women and children. In 2023 and 2024, 21,480 wo…
https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/un-reports-global-civili…
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“The report additionally estimates close to 11,000 women and girls in Gaza have a lifelong disability.”
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The estimate of nearly 11,000 women and girls sustaining lifelong disabilities is consistently reported across multiple web search results referencing the UN Women report, confirming the core statistic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the ongoing Gaza war, Israeli male and female soldiers, guards and medical staff have reportedly committed wartime sexual violence against Palestinian women, children and men including rape, ga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The ongoing Gaza war has been marked by widespread violence against both Israeli and Palestinian women, including reports of rape and sexual violence against Israeli women by Hamas and affiliated mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Gaza_war
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“More than 750 Palestinians have been killed and over 2,000 injured in the Strip since the truce came into effect in October, with both Israel and Hamas blaming each other for ceasefire violations.”
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While web search results mention casualties since a truce in October, the specific figures of 'more than 750 Palestinians have been killed and over 2,000 injured' are cited in only one specific web search result, and no other independent sources corroborate this exact count.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2005, Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip by dismantling all 21 Israeli settlements there. Nonetheless, the Gaza Strip has continued to be regarded by the United Nations, many other internationa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Resistance Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المقاومة الوطنية, romanized: Katāʼib al-Muqāwamah al-Waṭanīyah), also known as Martyr Omar Al-Qassem Forces, (Arabic: قوات الشهيد عمر القاسم) are the mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Resistance_Brigades
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“"What we're seeing is quite a large escalation of conflicts that we haven't experienced since the 1990s, [...] and women and girls are specifically and disproportionately affected," Sofia Calltorp, UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action, told Euronews.”
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The statement regarding Sofia Calltorp comparing the current conflict escalation to periods since the 1990s is reported by multiple web search results citing her statements.
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web search NEUTRAL — We have stood with women and girls through every crisis, worked hand in hand with women-led civil society, and invested in their resilience and leadership. What it means to be a woman in Gaza today sh…
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-briefing/2025/…
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web search NEUTRAL — UN Women has been on the ground in Gaza for more than a decade. We have stood with women and girls through every crisis, worked hand in hand with women-led civil society, and invested in their ...
https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/…
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web search NEUTRAL — The overall total includes at least 22,000 women and 16,000 girls and amounts to an average of at least 47 women and girls killed every day, the agency's Sofia Calltorp, Chief of Humanitarian Action, …
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167319
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“Although the ceasefire agreement was expected to allow greater humanitarian aid into Gaza, only limited supplies have reached the enclave, and many residents continue to face shortages of food and medicine, and for women, crucial menstrual hygiene products such as sanitary pads.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that humanitarian aid reaching Gaza has been limited, leading to shortages of essential items, including food and menstrual hygiene products.
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web search NEUTRAL — The UN World Food Programme says it has depleted all its food stocks in Gaza, where Israel has blocked deliveries of humanitarian aid for seven weeks. "Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food sto…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4wvvnzp39o
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web search NEUTRAL — NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief has delivered 2,000 reusable menstrual hygiene kits to women and girls in the Khan Yunis area of Gaza, in coordination with Gaza Children's Village, to provide a low-co…
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/reusable-menstrual-kits-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The war in Gaza created a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale and magnitude. Tens of thousands of women, girls, men, and boys were killed. Those who did survive face daily threats to their live…
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/advocacy-brief-the-cost-…
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“With much of the Strip reduced to rubble, including healthcare facilities such as hospitals, maternity wards and fertility clinics, UN Women says the war in Gaza has resulted in "systemic reproductive violence" by severely restricting women and girls' access to sexual and reproductive health services.”
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Multiple web search results attribute the concept of 'systemic reproductive violence' and the restriction of services due to the destruction of facilities (hospitals, etc.) to UN Women's findings regarding the war in Gaza.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tens of thousands of women, girls, men, and boys were killed. Those who did survive face daily threats to their lives, starvation, recurrent displacement, and deeply restricted access to essential ser…
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/advocacy-brief-the-cost-…
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web search NEUTRAL — UN Women is coordinating with UN and partners and others to ensure every clinic, and food parcel reaches women and girls.“Access to water and food have been severely limited, with nearly 790,000 women…
https://unwomen.org.au/where-is-the-humanity-when-more-than-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The war in Gaza has left a profound and lasting humanitarian catastrophe, with women and girls bearing a disproportionate share of the suffering, according to a stark new analysis by UN Women.
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/other/3881381-a-generat…
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“According to UN Women, over 58,600 households in Gaza are now led by women, roughly 14% of all households, compared to 9% in 2023.”
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“Over 1.9 million Palestinians — almost Gaza's entire population — have been displaced, often multiple times, and almost 60% of the population has lost their homes, according to a Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) conducted jointly by the World Bank, United Nations and the European Union.”
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“The RDNA assessment also found that more than 50% of hospitals in the territory are non-functional and nearly all schools have been destroyed or damaged.”
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