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Israeli attacks killed over 38,000 women, girls in Gaza since October 2023: UN

South China Morning Post · · 179 words · By Dpa
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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Israeli attacks killed over 38,000 women, girls in Gaza since October 2023, UN says”
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Multiple web search results cite reports stating that Israeli attacks killed over 38,000 women and girls in Gaza since October 2023, referencing UN reports. The claim is consistently reported across different search snippets, indicating corroboration from multiple sources reporting the same data 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 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 — The Middle Eastern crisis is an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East as a result of the Gaza war and genocide. It has primarily consisted of co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023–pr…
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“About 11,000 women and girls survived the war with injuries that will result in lifelong disabilities”
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Multiple web search results independently report that nearly 11,000 women and girls sustained injuries resulting in lifelong disabilities due to the war in Gaza. This figure is mentioned in relation to the overall casualty reports.
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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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“Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed more than 38,000 women and girls between October 2023 and the end of 2025, a UN report published on Friday showed.”
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While the claim correctly cites the figure (over 38,000 women and girls) and the source (UN report), it specifies a date range ending at the 'end of 2025.' The evidence repeatedly mentions reports concerning the period 'since October 2023' or 'by end of 2025' in the context of the report, but the evidence does not confirm that the report *specifically* covers the period up to the end of 2025 in a definitive manner, making the date range highly specific and potentially misleading without further context.
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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 — On 9 October 2023, Israel intensified its blockade of the Gaza Strip when it announced a "total blockade", blocking the entry of food, water, medicine, fuel and electricity after the October 7 attacks…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_blockade_of_the_Gaza_S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 1956, the Gaza Strip was captured by Israel from Egypt for a period of four months during the Suez Crisis before returning it back to Egypt in March 1957 due to heavy international pressure. Israel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza…
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“Palestinian health authorities put the estimated total death toll by the end of 2025 at just over 71,000, rising to more than 72,000 by mid-April as Israel continued sporadic attacks despite a ceasefire with the Islamist group Hamas.”
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This claim provides very specific figures regarding death tolls by the end of 2025 (71,000) and mid-April (72,000) attributed to Palestinian health authorities. While the web search results discuss death tolls and future projections, this exact combination of figures and timelines is not corroborated by multiple independent sources provided in the evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A hostages-and-prisoners exchange and armistice between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip took effect from 19 January to 18 March 2025, during the Gaza war. It include…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefir…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has been accused of carrying out genocide against Palestinians during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. A wide consensus of scholars have concluded that Israel's a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_genocide_allegatio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Palestinian keffiyeh (Arabic: كوفية, romanized: kūfiyya) is a distinctly patterned black-and-white keffiyeh. White keffiyehs had been traditionally worn by Palestinian peasants and bedouins to pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_keffiyeh
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“According to the analysis by UN Women, this means over half of all the victims in Gaza by the end of 2025 were women and girls.”
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Two separate web search results cite UN Women's analysis stating that over half of all victims in Gaza by the end of 2025 were women and girls, corroborating the core assertion from multiple sources referencing the same analysis.
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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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“UN organisations estimate that the true death toll is significantly higher, as many bodies remain buried under the rubble, while the level of destruction in the coastal territory has complicated the process of documenting casualties.”
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Both web search results mention that the true death toll is likely higher due to bodies buried under rubble and the destruction complicating casualty documentation, corroborating the general sentiment of the claim from multiple sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 38,000 women and girls killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025, UN Women says. Average of at least 47 deaths a day, with figures likely an underestimate due to bodies under rub…
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/nearly-50-women-an…
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web search NEUTRAL — A new study published in The Lancet estimates Gaza’s death toll at 64,260 in the first nine months of the war, 41% higher than official figures, highlighting the devastating impact of the ongoing geno…
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gazas-true-death-toll-41-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The UN estimates over 1.9 million displaced, exacerbating these issues. Collapsed Infrastructure: Gaza’s health system is in ruins, limiting body identification and reporting. Attacks on aid hubs have…
https://guerilla.news/what-we-know-about-gazas-true-death-to…
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“Furthermore, UN Women said nearly 11,000 women and girls survived the war in Gaza with injuries that will result in lifelong disabilities.”
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Multiple web search results independently state that UN Women highlighted that nearly 11,000 women and girls survived the war in Gaza with injuries resulting in lifelong disabilities, confirming the claim across different reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — The report, entitled The Cost of the War in Gaza on Women and Girls, also highlights that nearly 11,000 women and girls sustained injuries resulting in lifelong disabilities.
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/unwomen-press-release-17…
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web search NEUTRAL — The report, entitled The Cost of the War in Gaza on Women and Girls, also highlights that nearly 11,000 women and girls sustained injuries resulting in lifelong disabilities.
https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/…
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web search NEUTRAL — The agency remains on the ground in Gaza partnering women-led and women's rights organizations. Together with the UN system, aid partners and women's organizations, UN Women works to reach all women a…
https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/04/17/42798
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