News Center-60,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip suffer from malnutrition, dehydration and the lack of proper health care, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Thursday, on the eve of International Women's Day.

Women make up 49% percent of Gaza's population, the statement said, “5,000 pregnant women in the Gaza Strip give birth every month in harsh, unsafe and unhealthy conditions as a result of bombardment and displacement.

At least 9,000 Palestinian women killed

The statement emphasized that all women in Gaza suffered from unhealthy conditions and malnutrition due to the ongoing Israel's attacks that started on October 7, 2023.  At least 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed in the Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the ministry announced. “As a result of Israeli aggression, Palestinian women face the worst humanitarian disaster, including killings, displacement, detention, abortion, epidemics and starvation.”

Women struggle to survive

In the statement, the ministry called on the United Nations and women's organizations all around the world to immediately stop Israeli aggression and genocide against Palestinian women and their families. “Women struggle to survive in Gaza,” the ministry added.