Takeaways from AP report on the rise of early marriage in Gaza

Israel’s military campaign and the mass displacement in Gaza have fueled an increase in early marriages.

Official data show a rise in such marriages.

They had been declining before the war.

Desperate parents marry off daughters as young as 13, hoping to give them protection and financial support.

The Associated Press spoke to six girls in Gaza who got married between 13 and 16 and their parents.

Two of the girls said they were repeatedly raped and described horrific physical abuse.

Four of the girls had given birth, and all described dangerous pregnancies.

Three had at least one miscarriage.

The girls and their parents spoke on condition they not be identified by their full names because of the deep sensitivity of the issue.