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- The Gaza Ministry reports that 28,224 new war widows were added to an existing 22,500, raising the total to over 50,000.
- Aziza al-Kahlout says the widows need jobs, cash aid, legal help, psychosocial care, health services and education.
- Psychologist Aseel Abu Shaweesh notes that widows hide grief while caring for children whose fear, sleep loss and behavioural changes are evident.
- Al-Kahlout calls protecting Gaza’s widows a shared urgent humanitarian duty.
