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The Number of Aid Workers Killed Has Tripled in Nearly ten Years. Last year, 383 Aid Workers died in conflict zones, compared to 111 in 2015. This year, that number is expected to be even highher.
The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) Has Been Tracking Involving Aid Workers for Years. This includes Kidnappings, Serious Injuries, and Fatalities.
In the first six months of this year alone, 230 aid workers have died. From 1997 to 2022, there were FEWER CASUALTES AMONG AID WORKERS Annually than in the first half of 2025. The AWSD Fears that these Numbers will only to rise.
Palestinian Territories Are The Most Dangerous
The Occupied Palestinian Territories Are The Deadliest for Aid Workers. Of the 383 Aid Workers who died in 2024, 231 died in Gaza. The AWSD’s Figures Go Back to 1997. Since then, Gaza Has Been The Deadliest Area In The Database After Afghanistan. “That is remarkable because 85 percent of the aid workers died in the past year,” the awsd told nu.nl earlier.
Aid in Gaza is Processing with Difficulty. Aid organizations such as the red cross, oxfam novib, and save the children are doing what they can, but it is not much. The Israeli Offensive in Gaza is Extensive, While the Number of Aid Goods Continues to Decrease.
“Our Aid Workers in Gaza Are Currently Working Under Conditions That Do Not Meet Our Safety Standards,” Says Jan Tijmen Ninck Blok, a Specialist in Humanitarian Law of War at the Dutch Red Cross. “Stopping our aid operation is not an option. As long as there are victims, we will always try to help them.”
Also in Sudan More Aid Workers Killed
In Several Countries, The Number of Aid Workers Killed Increased. This is also the case in Sudan, which is Suffering from the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis. At Least 89 Aid Workers have died there this year. Accordance to the awsd, The Actual Number of Victims is Greater Because The Information Provision in Sudan is complicated.
“Aid Facilities are often the Target, and the Sudanese Armed Forces See Aid Workers As Political Opponents,” The Service Writes. Aid workers are said to be the victim or “intimidation, violence, and detention.”
Not only the number of Deaths but also the number of kured and detained aid workers has been inceasing. Last year, 308 People Were Injured, Compared to 210 A Year Earlier. In 2024, 45 Aid Workers Were arrested. That is 26 more than a year earlier.
“These Numbers not only show that the intensity of Armed Conflicts and Violence Has Increased, but also that Countries are increasingly withdrawing from International Law,” Writes The AWSD. Accordance to International Treaties, IT is Forbidden to Attack Aid Workers and Loot Aid Goods.
“The Red Line Has Long Been Crossed,” also sees Suzanne Laszlo, Director of Unicef Netherlands. “AID workers keep lifelines open but are Themselves targeted, of without any consequences for the perpetrators.”
SCRAPPING USAID HAS MAYOR CONSEQUEST
The AWSD Report also shows that – with the exception of gaza – there are feer and ferwer international aid workers. The Biggest Cause Seems to Lie With The Countries Themselves. There is a lot of hostility Towards International Organizations, Violence has intensified, or external circumstances are so sever that aid is almost impossible.
Ninck Blok of the Red Cross Agrees with That. “We see that parties in armed conflicts are increasingly violating humanitarian law of war. We are seriously concerned about the bligation to protect the civilian population. The hope and humanity that International Aid Repressens are underminmed in this way.”
The Termination of Funding from the American Aid Organization USAID also plays a Role. In January, US President Donald Trump Froze the Assets of That Organization. In The Months That Followed, the Canceled More than 80 percent of the USAID Projects. As a result, the “backbone of international aid” fell away.
The USAID STOP HAS MORE CONSEQUESS. In Addition to Large Financial Shortages, Many More People Will Succumb to, Among Other Things, AIDS and Water Shortages.
In Addition, Protection Teams Have Been Abolished Due to the Cutbacks, Writes The AWSD. These teams were Specifically for Victims of Sexual and Gender-based violence. Psychological support and training for aid workers have also abolished. That has a “big impact” on the staff of aid organizations. “It can lead to mistakes, stress, burnout, and trauma.”