The offensive carried out by the Israeli Army in Gaza From the October 7 Keep marking A before and after In all the wars that humanity has witnessed. And always for worse. This time, United Nations has put the focus on humanitarian workers: More than 380 of them died in 2024a record that is concentrated in the Gaza Strip. In the Palestinian enclave they were recorded 181 deaths while exercising their work to the population.
Most of these workers “They were attacked in an act of service or in their homes“, collects the UN in a public report this Tuesday, which reflects a 31% increase Regarding the figures of 2023, when 293 deaths were found. The organization provides more relevant data: throughout the last year, 308 of these professionals were injured, 125 were kidnapped and 45 detainees.
The counting of this 2025 presents a terrible omen: ya van 265 dead humanitarian workers so far this yeara figure that especially affects Gaza and Sudan. “The first eight months of 2025 do not show signs that this disturbing trend will be reversed,” said the United Nations (Ocha) Humanitarian Coordination Office.
The death of those who try to avoid it
Coinciding with the Commemoration of World Humanitarian Assistance Dayseveral organizations, committees and personalities have expressed their stupefaction before the tragic figure of victims who performed humanitarian work. Save the Children He has declared that Since 2000, Every day a cooperating He is killed, wounded, kidnapped or detained. In this line, the historical balance is bleak: 8,500 serious attacks against humanitarian personnel since the beginning of the century, according to the latest data of the Humanitarian workers security database (AWSD).
The complainant entities have also recalled Ques this year fulfill their 75 birthday las Geneva conventionsthat explicitly prohibit attacking civilians already humanitarian.
He International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) He has presented his own balance: 18 volunteers and workers died in GazaSudan, South Sudan, Iran, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The organization has described attacks as a “Serious betrayal of humanity”. He Cicr has called for the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel It translates into concrete actions, and has sentenced: “The courage does not protect, and the dedication does not dodge the bullets“.
Along the same lines, the Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS) has denounced that in Gaza They have been killed more cooperators than in any previous war. “No state must enjoy impunity, the International community has the obligation to protect humanitarian workers“said its president, Younis alkhatib.
The tonic of silence continues
He parallelism of these deaths with justified by Israel by an alleged association with the Islamist group HamásIt is evident. He March 23, 2025, in Rafah, Eight paramedics, Six civil defense rescuers and a UN worker by Israeli forces while they headed to a rescue mission.
The bodies were found with Shots in the head and chest; vehicles and bodies had been buried by the Army itself, which later admitted to having triggered “suspicious vehicles“What turned out to be the means of work of the deceased: Ambulances and fire trucks.
“The attacks on this scale, with zero accountabilitythey are a shameful sample of international inaction and apathy, “said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Tom Fletcherwho also said: “One Attack against a humanitarian worker it’s a Attack against all of us and against the people we serve“.
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