More than 38,000 women and girls killed in Gaza war, UN gender equality agency reports 17 April 2026 Women The war in Gaza has inflicted a far higher toll on women and girls than in previous conflicts in the Palestinian enclave, with more than 38,000 killed by Israeli air bombardment and land military operations since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel sparked the war in October 2023, UN Women said on Friday. The overall total includes at least 22,000 women and 16,000 girls and amounts to an average of at least 47 women and girls killed every day, the agency’s Sofia Calltorp, Chief of Humanitarian Action, told journalists in Geneva. “ Those killed were mothers, they were daughters, sisters, and friends, deeply loved by those around them,”  she noted, adding that the killings have continued in recent months, despite a ceasefire between Hamas fighters and the Israeli military. Data also indicates that nearly 11,000 women and girls have been injured and that many have life-changing disabilities.…