World: Aid worker deaths near record high in 2025, driven by Gaza and Sudan

Countries: World, occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan Source: International Rescue Committee At least 350 aid workers were killed in 2025, and 84 so far in 2026, with Gaza and Sudan accounting for nearly three-quarters of all deaths. Humanitarian workers are being killed at record rates even as international humanitarian law explicitly protects them from attack. The IRC is calling on governments and parties to conflict to protect aid workers and hold those responsible for attacks to account. N