Opinion Nearly 50,000 Women and Girls Killed or Severely Injured in Gaza in Three Years of War – One in 21 Gazan Women and Girls UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 2026 (IPS) - Since October 2023, 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or seriously injured. • UN Women estimates that nearly 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or severely injured since the onset of war in October 2023 [1], amounting to one in 21 Gazan women and girls losing their life or living with lifelong disabilities [2]. • More than 38,000 women and girls have been killed and 11,700 severely injured, the result of Israeli airstrikes and land military operations. • While most of the casualties recorded took place during the first two years of the war, women and girls continue to be targeted despite a ceasefire agreement entering into effect in October 2025. Two hundred seventy-seven women and girls are among those who have been killed in Gaza over the past year. Nearly every woman and girl in Gaza is displaced. • More than 150 evacuation and movement orders have been issued across Gaza by the Israeli Defense Forces since October 2023, forcing nearly...

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