Displacement, hunger, and disease... Amnesty International: Women in Gaza are being targeted for Israeli extermination.

Amnesty International said Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip bear the heaviest burden of the genocide that Israel has continued to commit for 29 months amid mass forced displacement, the collapse of healthcare systems, and deteriorating living conditions.

“Amnesty International said that Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip bear the heaviest burden of the genocide that Israel has continued to commit for 29 months, amid mass forced displacement, the collapse of healthcare systems, and deteriorating living conditions”

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The organization quoted its secretary-general, Anias Kalamaar, saying women in the Gaza Strip "are deprived of the conditions necessary to live and give birth safely," and said what is happening is not merely a side effect of war but a direct result of deliberate policies that undermine their rights to health, safety, dignity, and a future.

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The report was based on interviews conducted between 5 and 24 February with 41 women, all forcibly displaced, including cancer patients, pregnant women, and mothers who gave birth after the "so-called" ceasefire, in addition to 26 healthcare workers and 4 staff from international organizations.

Amnesty used these interviews to document the lived experiences of women and healthcare providers during repeated displacement and ongoing bombardment.

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Amnesty said women were forced to give birth amid a severe shortage of medical care, food, medicines, and nutritional supplements while living inside overcrowded and unhealthy displacement sites with almost no privacy or basic services.

“Amnesty International said that Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip bear the heaviest burden of the genocide that Israel has continued to commit for 29 months, amid mass forced displacement, the collapse of healthcare systems, and deteriorating living conditions”

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The group noted the collapse of maternal and neonatal services, saying nearly 60% of health service delivery points are out of service, and highlighted severe shortages of essential medicines including labor-inducing drugs, treatments for postpartum hemorrhage, anesthesia and pain relief, and treatments for infections.

The organization cited estimates that 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women will face severe malnutrition requiring treatment before mid-October of this year and reported medical workers saying recent months have seen large increases in pregnancy and childbirth complications such as preterm births, low birth weight, malnutrition, anemia, postpartum depression, and respiratory illnesses affecting mothers and newborns.

Amnesty stressed that women with cancer are among the most affected by disrupted medical evacuations and shortages of treatment, noting more than 18,500 Palestinians in Gaza need urgent treatment not available inside the Strip, and said restrictions and delays imposed by Israeli authorities on medical evacuation have led to avoidable deaths and immense suffering.

The organization said the partial opening of the Rafah crossing in early February did not end the crisis because evacuations remained limited and then stopped entirely when crossings were closed again later that month, while military operations, bombardment, and demolition continued, increasing civilian suffering and deepening the collapse of health and humanitarian infrastructure.

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Amnesty called on Israeli authorities to lift the "unlawful and arbitrary" restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, medicines, and medical equipment, to stop obstructing medical evacuations, and to ensure effective and reliable routes to transport patients within the occupied Palestinian territory and beyond, and it urged states to apply diplomatic and economic pressure on Israel to stop its attacks, lift the siege, ensure that women and girls can access healthcare and basic services, and to support humanitarian and women’s organizations working in the Strip.