UN-mandated experts demand an investigation into accusations of executions and rapes by Israeli forces against Palestinian women and girls. Women and children represent 70% of the victims of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
At least two mothers have been killed every hour since October 7, according to UN Women's Gender Alert. Testimonies report “inhuman and degrading treatment”: beatings, deprivation of food, medicine and feminine hygiene products. The difficult documentation of sexual violence can be explained by the few journalists and NGOs present in Gaza.