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SvennoJ on 11 March 2026
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Israel denies women in Gaza ‘conditions to live’: Amnesty

Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip have been “denied the conditions needed to live and to give life safely” by Israel amid its genocidal war on the enclave, according to Amnesty International, a global rights group.

Amnesty warned on Tuesday that women and girls in Gaza have been pushed “to the brink” as the Israeli war has spurred a series of hardships, from mass displacement to the destruction of the local healthcare system.

Pregnant women, as well as those who need treatment for cancer and other illnesses, have been particularly hard-hit by the lack of adequate health services in the territory, Amnesty said in a statement.

“This systematic erosion of their rights to health, safety, dignity and a future is not an unfortunate by-product of war; it is a deliberate act of war targeting women and girls,” the group said.

“It is also the foreseeable consequence of Israel’s calculated policies and practices of multiple mass displacement, deliberate restrictions on basic and essential items, as well as humanitarian relief, and two years of relentless bombardment that have devastated Gaza’s health system and decimated entire families.”

Israel also continues to impede the steady flow of humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced across the Strip due to the Israeli bombardment.

Last week, the United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA) said the health sector in Gaza remains “under significant constraints” as a result of the restrictions on medical supplies and equipment, as well as fuel.

“Sexual and reproductive health services remain severely disrupted due to damaged infrastructure, shortages of essential medicines and supplies and limited referral capacity,” OCHA said, noting that as many as 180 women give birth daily in Gaza.

“Severe bed shortages mean women undergoing major procedures, including Caesarean sections, are often discharged within hours and return to overcrowded displacement settings, increasing risks of complications and infection,” the agency said.



Palestine: Human Rights Bulletin (Reporting period: 4 March - 9 March 2026)

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/palestine-human-rights-bulletin-reporting-period-4-march-9-march-2026-enar

During the reporting period, 16 Palestinians were killed in their homes, tents, and on Gaza streets as a result of Israeli airstrikes, attacks by Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), artillery and naval shelling, and gunfire. Settlers and Israeli security forces killed three more Palestinians in the West Bank where movement restrictions are still keeping Palestinians in isolated silos while settlers, often armed, roam free.

Gaza, Killings and access restrictions

During the reporting period, 16 Palestinians were reportedly killed in Israeli military activities in Gaza amid continuing Israeli gunfire, artillery shelling, airstrikes, UAV attacks, and naval shelling, all near and far from the “yellow line” which remains unclear on the ground.

  • On 6 March, Israeli military forces reportedly shot and killed a 13-year-old boy near a school in Beit Lahia in the vicinity of the so-called yellow line.
  • Among the reported victims was a Palestinian man and his daughter who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their home in central Khan Younis on 7 March.
  • On 8 March, Israeli tanks shelled IDP tents in central Middle Gaza killing two women, including an identified journalist, and one girl. Rafah and Zikim crossings remain closed. Medical evacuations and Palestinians’ return to Gaza remain suspended.

Since the ceasefire, 649 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military operations in Gaza according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, bringing the number of Palestinian fatalities to 72,134 killed since 7 October 2023.

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Killings and other violence

  • On 7 March, Israeli settlers shot and killed 27-year-old Amir Mohammad Shunnaran during an attack in Wadi ar Rakhim area near Yatta town, south of Hebron, in Area B. The shooter was later identified as a reserve soldier. During the attack, a settler ran over a Palestinian woman with a quad bike, fracturing her leg.
  • On 8 March, Israeli settlers shot and killed 57-year-old Fare’ Hamayel during an attack on the outskirts of Khirbet Abu Falah village in Ramallah, also in Area B. Israeli security forces and settlers were attacking simultaneously when 24-year-old Thaer Hamayel was also killed. 55-year-old Mohammed Morah reportedly died of cardiac arrest after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli security forces.

Forced displacement and settlement expansion

  • Following the killing of the three Palestinian men in Khirbet Abu Falah on 7 March, settlers reportedly established a new outpost there.
  • On 5 March, the forced displacement of Al Shakara Bedouin community in Duma, southern Nablus, Area C, was complete due to persistent settler attacks and Israeli security forces’ restrictions. In the days leading up to the complete evacuation of the community, settlers damaged the solar power system resulting in an electricity cut and Israeli security forces declared the area a closed military zone and forced Israeli protective presence activists to leave. All of the community’s 13 families, comprising 70 Palestinians, are now displaced.
  • On 7 March, the displacement of the Aqbat Tayasir community in eastern Tubas was complete with the last nine families forced to leave their homes due to relentless settler attacks and harassment. The day before displacement, settlers opened fire and chased shepherds, stole livestock, vandalized houses, and assaulted residents including two boys and three women.