The head of the Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip, Salama Maarouf, has said 12,316 women have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“Women’s Day coincides with the continuation of the Israeli siege and the prevention of aid as women live in catastrophic humanitarian conditions and suffer from starvation and thirst,” Maarouf was quoted as saying.

Israel’s military onslaught also left 2,000 women and girls with permanent disabilities from amputations and another 162 with infectious diseases, according to government data.

Additionally, 13,901 women were widowed and at least 17,000 mothers lost their children, while more than 50,000 pregnant women lost their unborn babies, the report added.