Witness says more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza, recounts family losses and starting a business

A witness told the record that "Between October 2023 and December 2025 more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza," and said that tens of thousands of households in the area are now headed by women.

The statement, presented in the transcript without on-site verification in this record, framed the human cost as the central fact of the witness's remarks. The witness also addressed everyday economic pressures, speaking in Arabic about the rising cost of basic goods and how wartime shortages have made small purchases more costly.

The witness recounted losing close family members and described the steps she has taken to support her children. In Arabic she said, ">> اليوم بعد ما فقدت احبابي وفقدت جوزي وفقدت امي وابويا اليوم انا التجات اني اعمل مشروع اللي هو مشروع الملابس اني اصير يعني ابيع واشتري عده وابيع اشتري وابيع عشان اقدر اعين حالي واعين اولادي"—words that the transcript records as the speaker describing a clothing project to buy and sell materials and garments in order to support herself and her children. The witness added in the record that, while she is grateful for the ability to continue, "today the time is not on my side," indicating ongoing urgency.

The remarks combine a large-scale casualty claim attributed to military operations and first-person testimony about personal loss and household-level economic coping. The transcript does not record any formal response, verification of the casualty figure, or follow-up from other speakers on these specific assertions. The witness's statements about prices and the business appear in Arabic in the record; the article paraphrases the content of those lines consistent with the transcript text rather than providing an independent translation.

The record documents the witness's claims and personal account; it does not include corroborating data or official statements verifying the casualty figures or the broader economic assessments. No formal motions, votes, legal authorities or actions related to these remarks appear in the transcript.