More aid workers have been killed this year than in any year since tallies began, the U.N. humanitarian office said on Friday, with most of them killed in the Gaza conflict. So far this year there have been 281 aid worker victims,

More aid workers have been killed so far in 2024 than in any year since tallies began, says the U.N.:: Geneva, Switzerland:: Jens Laerke, U.N. Humanitarian Office spokesperson“And these frontline workers,

A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said Friday.

A record 281 humanitarian aid workers have been killed since January this year, according to the UN's emergency aid office OCHA, attributing the high figure to the war in Gaza. Most of the victims were local employees of non-governmental organizations,