8,900 Gaza women killed
Global call for Israel’s removal from UN women’s rights body
On International Women’s Day, the government media office in Gaza called for the removal of Israel from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), citing the killing of over 8,900 Palestinian women by Israeli aggression since October. The media office, in a statement issued on Friday, criticized the international community’s silence in the face of Israel’s actions.
According to the statement, Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of 8,900 Palestinian women, leaving more than 23,000 injured and 2,100 missing. The war has also displaced over half a million Palestinian women, subjecting them to extreme difficulties and depriving them of basic necessities, Press TV reported.
The media office highlighted the challenging conditions faced by 60,000 pregnant women, lacking essential health care and medical requirements, with many losing their children due to bombings. The statement also addressed the plight of female Palestinian detainees facing physical and psychological torture.
The media office hailed the “steadfastness” of Palestinian women, stressing that they are “in dire need to defend their rights and life requirements rather than being killed, shot at, detained, and forced into displacement and migration, as the occupation army has been doing for over five continuous months.”
It held the US, the international community, and relevant organizations fully responsible for the situation, calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and immediate action to stop the ongoing crimes against Palestinian women.
In a related development, Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations echoed the call for Israel’s removal from the UNCSW, citing the regime’s relentless strikes on the Gaza Strip that resulted in the killing of about 9,000 Palestinian women. The mission, in a post on the social media platform X, demanded the cessation of the occupying Zionist regime from occupying UN seats, using the hashtag “#RemoveIsraelfromUNCSW.”
The call for Israel’s ouster from the UNCSW coincides with International Women’s Day, celebrated globally under the theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress” on March 8.
The Health Ministry in Gaza, in a statement, condemned the international community’s silence, emphasizing the need for an immediate halt to Israeli aggression and genocide. The ministry urged the UN and international women’s organizations to mobilize efforts to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza, where at least 30,800 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been confirmed killed, and 72,043 others injured during the genocidal war that began in October 2023.