A United Nations spokesman said that among the 493,000 women and girls displaced from their homes due to the aggression on Gaza, there are an estimated 900 new widows.

UN Women estimated the number of widows out of the number of women Heads of families after the death of their male partners.

The assessment was based on a census conducted on Thursday of Gaza victims since October 7, which was published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on its relief network website.

UN Women estimated that 1,487 men were killed, resulting in a rising number of widows, nearly 900 new families headed by women, and 3,103 children who lost their fathers.

The UN Women study also stated that the situation report issued by the United Nations Population Fund on October 13 stated that there are 540,000 women of reproductive age in Gaza, including 50,000 pregnant women and 5,522 expected to give birth in the next month.