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Women in Gaza are being traded for food, forced to marry their rapists: UN

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The UNFPA reports a significant increase in early and forced marriages among women aged 18-59 in Gaza during the first quarter of 2026, with incidents rising by 123%. Women are also facing severe gender-based violence, primarily psychological and emotional abuse due to living conditions and resource scarcity. The report highlights distressing practices such as rape victims being forced into marriage with their attackers and girls being traded for basic necessities like food in overcrowded refugee camps.

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The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) reports a surge in violence against women and girls in Gaza, including early and forced marriages. According to the data, there has been a 27% increase in gender-based violence (GBV) cases from April to June 2026 compared to the previous quarter. Sexual violence incidents, which include rape and sexual assault, have risen by 61%, accounting for 2.7% of total GBV reports.

The UNFPA gathered testimonies from 230 women in displacement camps in Gaza City and Khan Younis, revealing numerous instances where young girls were forced into marriage to secure basic necessities like food. One woman described a man who married off his 14-year-old daughter for "two bags of flour" to feed his family during the famine. Additionally, there is an alarming trend of rape victims being coerced into marrying their attackers to avoid social stigma.

These reports highlight how living conditions in overcrowded shelters and severe resource shortages exacerbate GBV, with women aged 18-59 accounting for 68% of all violence cases reported. Psychological and emotional abuse was the second most common form of GBV, followed by physical and sexual violence.

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There was a 123% increase in the number of early and forced marriage incidents across Gaza in the first quarter of 2026, with women between the ages of 18-59 suffering 68% of all gender-based violence (GBV) in the Palestinian enclave, the United Nations’ Population Fund (UNFPA) found. asserted

Fund → be → enclave

“The second highest form of GBV reported was psychological and emotional violence, followed by physical violence, sexual violence, and forced and early marriage,” the researchers wrote. asserted

researchers → report → violence

“These trends are attributed to heightened stress felt by women and men forced to live in inadequate and overcrowded shelters and continued limited access to basic resources including food, water, basic hygiene materials and clothing. asserted

trends → attribute → food

The second report highlighted some of the most distressing incidents inside refugee camps in Gaza City and Khan Younis, where 230 women shared their stories. asserted

women → highlight → stories

One refugee living in a school-turned shelter said that rape victims are often forced to marry their rapists to avoid shame and scandal. asserted

victims → live → shame

“When rape cases are discovered in schools, you find weddings and celebrations at the school the next day,” she said. asserted

she → discover → school

Another woman recalled how a man married off his 14-year-old daughter in exchange for “two bags of flour so he and his [other] children could eat.” uncertain

he → recall → flour

Others claimed that many families looked to marry their girls off early so that their husbands could help protect them from rapists lurking in the overcrowded refugee camps. uncertain

husbands → claim → camps

The UNFPA previously reported on how girls orphaned by war are especially vulnerable to sexual violence. asserted

girls → report → violence

Still, other girls are simply abandoned by their caretakers, one woman living in a Gaza City camp said, noting she attended such weddings for a 14- and 15-year-old. asserted

she → abandon → old

“Their uncles married them off very young. asserted

uncles → marry → them

Do you know why? asserted

you → know → ?

Because their father and mother were martyred, and their uncles wanted to get rid of the responsibility and expenses,” the woman told researchers. asserted

woman → martyr → researchers

Widows and single mothers are also at greater risk of being sexually abused and exploited, as nearly 25% of all households in Gaza are now headed by a woman, double what it was before the war, according to the UNFPA. uncertain

it → abuse → UNFPA

“One widow was looking for a tent, and a [camp] representative told her, “I’ll give you a tent, we’ll put you in our camp, and you can come stay with me tonight,” one witness in Gaza City recalled. asserted

witness → look → City

The humanitarian crisis inside Gaza remains ongoing as skirmishes between Hamas and Israel continue, with nearly all 2.1 million Palestinians still displaced as the Jewish state controls about 70% of the land. asserted

state → remain → land

The plan, unveiled on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in midtown Manhattan, comprises 66 programs focused on infrastructure, economic growth and installing an international security force. asserted

plan → unveil → force

The final cost of the completed reconstruction is estimated to be $71 billion. asserted

cost → complete → reconstruction

Women in Gaza are being traded for food, forced to marry their rapists: UN

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