Dream - Apart from children, women are among those who suffer from Israeli military attacks on the Palestinian territories. With the increasingly alarming condition in Gaza, women have to struggle to protect themselves and their families. Those who have to flee must endure difficult days. Especially the supply of basic needs, including clean water, is blocked by Israel. According to Al Jazeera, the overcrowded conditions in the shelters, and the lack of access to water and menstrual hygiene products such as sanitary pads and tampons, force women to consume Norethisterone tablets. These pills are usually prescribed for conditions such as severe menstrual bleeding, endometriosis, and excessive menstrual pain.

Without the means to regulate her menstruation as usual, Salma decided to try to find pills to prevent menstruation. When sanitary pads were harder to find, menstrual delay tablets were more available in several pharmacies because they were rarely used. "I asked my daughter to go to the pharmacy and buy menstrual delay pills," said Salma. "Maybe this war will end soon and I won't need to use them more than once," she added, who was also concerned about the side effects of the pills on her body.

The situation in hospitals in northern Gaza, according to ActionAid, is very critical. Al-Quds Hospital and Al-Shifa Hospital are said to no longer receive any aid supplies. "The chaos and horror happening in Gaza have a negative impact on women," said Soraida Hussein-Sabbah, a gender specialist and advocate for ActionAid based in Ramallah. ActionAid also expressed concern about the lack of clean water and poor hygiene conditions contributing to the increase in diseases, as well as a serious decline in living conditions throughout the Palestinian territories. "The little aid that trickles into Gaza barely touches the humanitarian crisis that is happening," the group said.