❗️Palestinian women in Gaza recount sexual exploitation linked to aid sites and organizations

 ❗️Palestinian women in Gaza recount sexual exploitation linked to aid sites and organizations

As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens, women report being exploited by local men tied to aid organizations, who offered food, money, water, supplies, or jobs in exchange for sexual favors.

Six women shared their experiences with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Some men’s demands were explicit, “Let me touch you,” one woman recalled, while others were framed in ‘terms’ such as “I want to marry you” or “Let’s go together somewhere.”

Five of the women said they refused such advances, though psychologists told AP that others have at times agreed.

One widow described how, after giving her phone number to a man wearing a UNRWA uniform at a designated humanitarian zone in Mawasi, she began receiving late-night sexual calls. She reported the incident to UNRWA in Gaza but said she was told she needed recordings as proof, something her old phone could not provide.