Around 60,000 pregnant women in Gaza are suffering from malnutrition and dehydration due to Israel’s war against the enclave, the Palestinian Health Ministry has said. Thursday’s statement came on the eve of the International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8 each year. The ministry said that these women also lack proper health care. The Ministry also said the Israeli army has killed nearly 9,000 Palestinian women in the course of its devastating onslaught on the enclave.

 

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