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UN Confirms 383 Aid Workers Killed in 2024 as 2025 Toll Reaches 265

Most victims were local staff, with state forces frequently identified as perpetrators.

Palestinians carry aid supplies they collected from trucks that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip August 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
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Overview

  • The 2024 toll rose 31% from 2023, driven by 181 killings in Gaza and 60 in Sudan, according to UN and Aid Worker Security Database figures.
  • Provisional 2025 data record 265 aid workers killed through August 14, including 173 in Gaza during Israel’s ongoing offensive.
  • The database logged 599 major attacks in 2024, with 308 wounded, 125 kidnapped and 45 detained, as violence against aid workers rose in 21 countries.
  • Government forces and affiliated groups were the most common perpetrators of attacks on humanitarian personnel last year.
  • UN leaders demanded protection and accountability on World Humanitarian Day, as Australia prepares a multilateral pledge to bolster aid worker safety.