United Nations (UN) Women on Tuesday announced the deaths of more than 10,000 women in the Gaza Strip, which has been suffering a devastating Israeli war for more than six months.

The authority conveyed in a statement: “Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed. Women who have survived Israeli bombardment and ground operations have been displaced, widowed, and facing starvation. This devastating differentiated impact continues to make the war on Gaza also a war on women.”

The war on Gaza has left nearly 34,000 Palestinians dead. 

The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, concerned with gender equality and the empowerment of women, stated that of the 10,000 women killed, an estimated 6,000 were mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned.