At a time when bodies are piling up and homes are being demolished on top of their inhabitants, the women of Gaza remain a symbol of unbreakable resilience. After more than two years of Israel’s war on Gaza — mothers, wives, and daughters continue to endure a collective suffering.

Women in Gaza: 12,000 killed… and 9,000 mothers gone

Data shows that more than 12,500 women have been killed since the outbreak of the aggression, including over 9,000 mothers who were protecting their children from death — only to be killed themselves.

The war has left 21,200 widows, each carrying the burden of loss and the responsibility of rebuilding life after the war stole their support and breadwinner.

Wombs burdened with fear and miscarriage

The harsh reality has left women with nothing but silent tears, as more than 12,000 miscarriages have been recorded due to hunger, lack of medicine, psychological stress, and the constant fear of bombing.

In the same context, 107,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women continue to resist death in silence — without medicine, food, or medical care — in a scene that epitomises the collapse of humanity in the 21st century.

Tents that offer no protection from the cold or pain

With the onset of winter, the lives of displaced women become a daily tragedy.

Torn tents fail to keep out the rain, muddy ground turns into swamps, and children shiver from cold and hunger while mothers attempt the impossible — lighting a small fire to keep their bodies alive.

In these tents, stories of loss, hunger, and waiting are told — waiting for a humanitarian corridor, for help, or even for a milder winter.

Women creating life amid the rubble

Despite their wounds, the women of Gaza remain on the front line of survival.

They bake bread over wood fires, turn tents into small community kitchens, and organise efforts to care for children and support neighbours — all at a time when the state is absent and aid has dwindled.

Humanitarian organisations warn that current support meets only a fraction of the growing needs, leaving families already on the brink of starvation facing an even more uncertain future.

Gaza women… the last bastion of humanity

The women of Gaza are not just numbers in organisations’ reports, but faces that nurture life in a land where life is stolen from them every day.

In every tent and every destroyed home, a woman of Gaza writes a new story of resilience — a testament that humanity still endures despite everything.

Featured image via Wikimedia

By Alaa Shamali

This post was originally published on Canary.