More than 38,000 girls, women killed in Israeli genocide in Gaza: UN

Over 38,000 women and girls were killed in the Israeli genocide in Gaza by the end of 2025, the UN estimates, amounting to over half of the more than 72,000 deaths recorded by the territory's health ministry over the two-year war.

"Between October 2023 and December 2025, more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza - the result of Israeli air bombardment and land military operations," the UN Women Agency's spokeswoman Sofia Calltorp told a press briefing in Geneva.

"This includes over 22,000 women and 16,000 girls, amounting to an average of at least 47 women and girls killed every day."

The agency said the true figures were likely to be higher, with bodies still buried under rubble and reporting systems severely constrained.

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"Women and girls accounted for a proportion of deaths far higher than those observed in previous conflicts in Gaza," Calltorp added.

Since Israel launched its genocidal assault on Gaza on October 7, 2023, it has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and wounded at least 172,000 others, most of them children and women.

Furthermore, the Israeli regime has completely destroyed Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, sports facilities, power plants, water reservoirs and residential areas.

As a result, the people of Gaza have become refugees in the besieged territory, completely dependent on foreign aid, which rarely enters the territory due to Israeli blockades.

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