Nearly 70% killed in Israel’s war on Gaza are women and children: United Nations
The data showed that a ‘high number of babies and young children, women, older persons, and families were killed together in residential buildings’, it said.
Join our WhatsApp Community to receive travel deals, free stays, and special offers!
- Join Now -
Join our WhatsApp Community to receive travel deals, free stays, and special offers!
- Join Now -
About 70% of the persons who died in the first six months of Israel’s war on Gaza were women and children, said the United Nations Human Rights Office on Friday.
This indicated a “systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law” on the part of the Israeli military, the agency said in an update report on the human rights situation in the besieged Palestinian enclave between November 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024.
Israel’s military offensive against Gaza began on October 7, 2023, after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an incursion into southern Israel, killing 1,200 persons and taking over 200 hostages. Israel has been carrying out unprecedented air and ground strikes on Gaza since then, killing more than 44,000 persons including, nearly 16,700 children.
The report verified 8,119 of the over 34,500 persons killed in Gaza, as per data from the Palestinian health ministry, during the first six months of the war.
Of the confirmed deaths, 44% were of children and 26% were women, the report said. Nearly 80% of those dead were killed in residential buildings or similar housing, it added.
The data showed that a “high number of babies and young children, women, older persons, and families killed together in residential buildings”, said the report.
The continuation of the...
