Escalating Israeli violence on Palestinian women

JVL Introduction

Five days before Israel recommenced its pulverisation of Gaza, an Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel published a harrowing and damning report:  More than a Human Can Bear  (Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023.)

Sexual violence and gender based violence by Israeli soldiers and guards is not new but escalated dramatically since the events of October 7th 2023.  Furthermore, as this article outlines, the overall impact of the bombardments, displacement, destruction of health care, starvation and more has had a particular impact on women and children, most especially of pregnant women such that this will, in itself, have a long term impact on reproductive health, impacting future generations of Palestinians.

Since Tuesday 18th March, the situation has worsened catastrophically and working to stop the carnage is obviously the priority, but it is important that this report – and others like it, such as that by BT’Selem into Israeli prisons being torture camps for Palestinians – are not overlooked or forgotten.

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This article was originally published by Truthout on Fri 14 Mar 2025. Read the original here.