Women and Children Suffer Most: The Hidden Casualties of Gaza’s Conflict

According to the UN Human Rights Office, women and children accounted for approximately 70% of documented civilian casualties in Gaza over the past six months, owing mostly to Israel’s deployment of wide-area weaponry in densely populated areas. The organization discovered potential violations of international humanitarian law and expressed worry about possible war crimes. It chastised both Israeli troops for targeting residential areas and Palestinian armed groups for staging strikes from populated locations. UN authorities called for responsibility and adherence to international law, underlining that the conflict has caused significant suffering, particularly among children. The report underlined the catastrophic humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza, which was aggravated by limited aid access.

Editor’s Note: This should be an urgent wake-up call for the entire world. Why are the most vulnerable people—those who cannot protect themselves—bearing the brunt of the conflict? When the victims are predominantly people who are least involved in politics and violence, it raises major concerns about the tactics and goals underlying military campaigns on all sides. It is deeply unsettling that we live in a time when civilian areas have become battlegrounds, yet the international response is frequently muted or uncaring. Are we so desensitized that we’ll accept the murders of innocent children as collateral damage? [Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Children Suffer Amid Healthcare Collapse, Human Cost of War: Gaza Civilians Trapped Between Military Strategy and Humanitarian Crisis]

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