Women Of Gaza Are On Their Own

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Over 60 per cent of the casualties in the Israel-Gaza war have been women and children. What is it like to be living in Gaza? Outlook’s Rakhi Bose talked to several Palestinian women – ranging from human rights defenders and activists to a healthcare provider – to hear their stories of how it feels to be in the middle of a relentless Israeli offensive that has continued for more than three weeks even as the world watches silently.   Zainab Al Ghonaimy, a 73-year-old woman in the besieged Gaza Strip, runs a shelter for abused and abandoned women. Despite advice and efforts to move her, Zainab has remained in her home in Gaza City, which has faced incessant bombing since October 7 despite appeals for a ceasefire by the United Nations and other global bodies. She is just one among the thousands of women - including pregnant and disabled residents - who remain stuck in Gaza without access to water, electricity or aid.   #Israel #Palestine #WomenOfGaza #GazaStrip #Gaza #Women #Hamas #IsraelHamasWar  Read in-depth at: https://www.outlookindia.com/international/in-israel-hamas-war-women-of-gaza-are-on-their-own-magazine-325568

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00:00 Zainab Al-Ghanimi is a 73-year-old Palestinian women's rights activist who runs a shelter

00:05 for women survivors of sexual and physical abuse in Gaza City.

00:09 For the past 25 days, she has been living under siege as Israel carries out airstrikes

00:16 in civilian areas of Gaza.

00:19 She writes to her daughter living in Brooklyn about the constant bombings and says that

00:24 she has chosen to stay at home.

00:26 She says that she cannot run because her knees are old and bad.

00:30 And second, even if she does run, where will she run to?

00:34 No place in Gaza is currently safe.

00:37 Not for her, and not for thousands of other women like her who remain stuck in Gaza as

00:42 Israel continues its airstrikes.

00:45 War kills men, but women bear the lifelong brunt of violence and displacement.

00:50 Since the escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas on October 7, over 2,000 Palestinian

00:56 women have been killed and over 22,000 women have been injured.

01:01 Thousands remain stuck in the region with no water, electricity, or aid, including pregnant

01:06 as well as disabled women.

01:08 Human rights activists, organizations, as well as United Nations, among others, have

01:12 called for an end to war and have urged ceasefire to open humanitarian channels for aid for

01:18 Palestinian women and children.

01:20 Protests have also been taking place across the world against the Israeli assault on Palestine,

01:26 which many have termed as a genocide.

01:29 But so far, Israel has shown no sign of relenting and the support it receives from the international

01:35 community, including from nations like the US and Germany, as well as India, remains

01:39 unwavering.

01:40 So far, women of Gaza seem to be on their own.

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