UN: 383 Aid Workers Killed Throughout 2024, Half Died In Gaza

Israeli military operations in Gaza, Palestine. (doc. Israel Defense Forces)

JAKARTA - The United Nations humanitarian affairs office or OCHA recorded 383 humanitarian aid workers killed during 2024, nearly half in Gaza after Israel's invasion.

This was conveyed by OCHA on Tuesday 19 August, coinciding with World Humanitarian Day.

UN Humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said the number of humanitarian aid workers killed throughout 2024 reached a record high. He said this was a warning to the world to protect and help civilians trapped in conflict.

"Attacks on this scale, without accountability, are an embarrassing charge of international indifference and apathy," Fletcher said in a statement, quoted by AFP.

"As a humanitarian community, we demand once again so that those in power and influence act for the sake of humanity, protect civilians and aid workers, and hold the perpetrators accountable," he continued.

Based on data from The Aid Worker Securities or the Assistance Worker Safety Database (AWSD), the number of murder cases increased from 293 cases in 2023 to 383 in 2024, more than 180 cases occurred in Gaza.

According to OCHA, most cases of death were experienced by humanitarian aid workers who received military attacks while serving residents in need in their evacuations or homes.

So far until August 2025, these figures show no sign of a reversal of the upward trend.

AWSD data added that the humanitarian aid workers were victims of 599 military attacks in 2024, while in 2023 there were 420 attacks.

Massive military attacks throughout 2024 also injured 308 aid workers and resulted in 125 people being kidnapped and 45 people being detained.

While in the past seven months, there have been 245 massive military attacks that killed 265 ethnicity aid workers.