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Record Number Of Aid Workers Killed In 2024, UN Says

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The United Nations said a record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, including 181 in the Gaza Strip AFP A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, the United Nations said Tuesday, branding the figures and lack of accountability a "shameful indictment" of international apathy -- and warning this year's toll was equally disturbing. The 2024 figure was up 31 percent on the year before, the UN said on World Humanitarian Day, "driven by the relentless conflicts in Gaza, where 181 humanitarian workers were killed, and in Sudan, where 60 lost their lives". It said state actors were the most common perpetrators of the killings in 2024.

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