The Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahouth, said, “There are two mothers killed in the Gaza Strip every hour,” while the spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, confirmed that about 3,000 women have lost their husbands, or have become breadwinners for their families.

Bahouth explained, in a statement issued today, Saturday, that women and children are the first victims of the tragedy in the Gaza Strip, which witnessed unparalleled devastation, and women and girls constitute the majority of the dead, wounded, and displaced.

She stated that estimates indicate that "about a million women and girls are displaced in Gaza, and two mothers are killed every hour, while about 10,000 children have lost their fathers."

Bahouth monitored the conditions in the occupied territories before and after October 7, 2023, and said, “The numbers indicated that 67% of the victims were men, and less than 14% were women and girls, and those numbers have reversed today, as 70% Among the martyrs in Gaza are women and children.

She promised, "These are people, not numbers, and we are failing them."

She added, "The trauma that the Palestinian people are suffering over these 100 days and beyond will haunt us all for generations to come. No matter how much we grieve over the condition of women and girls in Gaza today, we will grieve even more tomorrow if unrestricted humanitarian aid is not provided and the destruction and killing are not put to an end." ".

The UN official issued a call for "an immediate ceasefire on humanitarian grounds, and unhindered access of humanitarian aid to all residents of Gaza, including the provision of vital assistance and services to all women and girls."

She stressed that "the world is required to work for peace to prevail in the region, because the absence of change means that the last 100 days will be merely a prelude to the next 100 days."

For his part, UN spokesman Dujarric said, "Women and girls in the Gaza Strip are losing their lives and facing catastrophic levels of humanitarian needs, and about 3,000 women have lost their husbands in the war, or have become breadwinners for their families."

He added, “Today estimates indicate that about 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children, and that at least 3,000 women may have become widows and heads of families, and that they are in dire need of protection and food assistance.” He continued, “Children constitute more than half of the population.” Gaza Strip, the percentage of displaced people exceeds 90%.

In turn, the organization's spokeswoman, Tess Ingram - after her recent return from a visit to Gaza - recounted her observations of mothers who bled to death, and a nurse who was forced to perform caesarean sections on 6 deceased pregnant women.

Ingram said that about 20,000 children were born in the "hell" of the Gaza war, and that "there is a child born every 10 minutes in the midst of this horrific war." She added, "Motherhood should be an occasion to celebrate. In Gaza, it is another child going out to hell."

She continued, "Seeing newborn children suffering, while some mothers bleed to death, should worry us all," stressing the need for urgent international action.