The rise in deaths, mainly due to Israeli air attacks in Gaza between October and December last year, represents a 137 percent increase compared with 2022, when 118 aid workers were killed.
Joyce Msuya, the UN's acting emergency relief coordinator, expressed that the normalisation of violence against aid workers and the lack of accountability are unacceptable, unconscionable and enormously harmful for aid operations everywhere.
More than half of the 280 aid workers killed worldwide in 2023 died during the first three months of Israel's war on Gaza, according to the United Nations.
Leaders of humanitarian organisations are sending a joint letter to UN General Assembly member states, calling for an end to attacks on civilians, enhanced protection for aid workers, and accountability for those responsible.
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