The New Dark Age

Saturday, 29  March 2025 — Al Mayadeen English

UN Women’s Special Representative in Palestine Maryse Guimond reported that between March 18 and 25, 830 people were killed, including 174 women and 322 children, while 1,787 others were injured.

“This means that 21 women and more than 40 children are being killed daily,” Guimond stated, emphasizing that “this is not collateral damage” but a “war in which women and children bear the heaviest burden.”

She condemned “Israel’s” ongoing war on Gaza, now in its 430th day, calling it “a war on women, on their dignity, their bodies, and their very survival.” She stressed that women and children account for nearly 60% of casualties, calling it “a horrifying testament to the indiscriminate nature of this violence.”

Guimond relayed urgent calls from women in Gaza and UN Women’s partners, who pleaded for an end to the Israeli war, saying survival is their only concern. She concluded by urging the enforcement of international humanitarian law to protect civilians.