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Aid workers faced record number of attacks in 2025

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 388 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Aid workers faced record number of attacks in 2025, UN says Gaza remains the deadliest place for humanitarian workers for third consecutive year, with 186 killed in 2025.

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What happened

Aid workers faced record number of attacks in 2025, UN says Gaza remains the deadliest place for humanitarian workers for third consecutive year, with 186 killed in 2025.

Why it matters

A record number of aid workers faced violent attacks last year, partly driven by the increased use of armed drones, the United Nations humanitarian office has said.

Common ground

According to an Aid Worker Security Database, a platform that compiles major incidents affecting humanitarian workers, 907 aid workers were killed, injured or kidnapped in 2025 alone.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “According to an Aid Worker Security Database... 907 aid workers were killed, injured or kidnapped in 2025 alone.”
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Multiple sources report that the Aid Worker Security Database recorded 907 aid workers killed, injured, or kidnapped in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) is a project of the international research group Humanitarian Outcomes. Funded by USAID, it records major incidents, from 1997 to present, of attacks on humanit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid_Worker_Security_Database
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Attacks on humanitarian workers are a leading cause of death among aid workers. Under international humanitarian law, deliberate violence is prohibited against protected persons, including humanitaria…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_humanitarian_worker…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance, usually in the short-term, to people in need. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and victims of natural disasters, wars, and fam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid
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Claim 2: “Aid workers faced record number of attacks in 2025, UN says”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the UN reported a record number of attacks on aid workers in 2025, specifically citing 907 victims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It borders First Avenue…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization. All members have equal representation in the United Nations General Assembly. The Charter of th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations (UN) is an international intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
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Claim 3: “Gaza was by far the most deadly place for aid workers in 2025... followed by Sudan.”
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Multiple sources confirm Gaza was the deadliest place for aid workers in 2025, followed by Sudan (with one source specifying 71 killed in Sudan).
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web search NEUTRAL — Gaza remained the deadliest place for humanitarian workers for the third consecutive year, with 186 humanitarians killed there in 2025, followed by Sudan.Aid convoys in Sudan and Ukraine have also bee…
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/un-says-907-aid-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Some 186 humanitarians were killed in Gaza -- the deadliest place for aid workers for the third year running -- followed by Sudan with 71 killed. 2025's death toll was slightly lower than that of 2024…
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260819-un-laments…
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web search NEUTRAL — Gaza was by far the most deadly place for aid workers in 2025 with 186 humanitarians killed there in 2025, the database showed, followed by Sudan. UNRWA, the UN Palestinian refugee agency, has reporte…
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/attacks-on-aid-workers-hi…
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Claim 4: “Gaza remains the deadliest place for humanitarian workers for third consecutive year, with 186 killed in 2025.”
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Three separate web search results explicitly state that Gaza was the deadliest location for aid workers for the third consecutive year, with 186 killed in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank) that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of West A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, the targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The known history of Gaza spans more than 5,000 years, and it has been ruled, destroyed and inhabited by various dynasties, empires, and peoples. Its position at the intersection of two ancient trade …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gaza
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Claim 5: “aid convoys in Sudan and Ukraine have been repeatedly hit.”
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Web search results explicitly mention that aid convoys in Sudan and Ukraine have been repeatedly hit in the context of 2025 attacks.
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https://www.zhihu.com/question/509011663
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https://www.zhihu.com/question/30432177
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Claim 6: “UNRWA’s former chief Philippe Lazzarini said earlier this year he was seeking a high-level panel to investigate staff deaths.”
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Web search results confirm that outgoing UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini called for a high-level panel/investigation into the deaths of staff during the Gaza war.
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web search NEUTRAL — UNRWA seeks a United Nations investigation after more than 390 staff were killed during the Gaza war, marking the deadliest conflict in the agency's history.Philippe Lazzarini, outgoing UNRWA Commissi…
https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/unrwa-head-seeks-inv…
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web search NEUTRAL — A high-level UN investigation into the accusations against UNRWA found that of 19 staff members accused of involvement in the terror attacks, one case was found to lack any supporting evidence and nin…
https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/03/30/42669
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web search NEUTRAL — A high-level UN investigation into the accusations against UNRWA found that of 19 staff members accused of involvement in the terror attacks, one case was found to lack any supporting evidence and nin…
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167220
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Claim 7: “In March, drone attacks hit Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least three people including a French aid worker”
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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and other news reports, confirm drone strikes in Goma in March killed at least three people, including a French aid worker.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Goma offensive was a military operation launched by the March 23 Movement (M23), a Congolese rebel group that is part of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and is supported by Rwanda, against the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Goma_offensive
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A conflict began between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in 2022 after Rwandan forces intervened in the DRC to provide military support to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MONUSCO (an acronym based on its French name Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Stabi…
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Claim 8: “Of those, 350 were killed, down slightly from a record 387 in 2024.”
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There is a conflict in the numbers for 2024. One source mentions a record 383 killed in 2024, another mentions 377, and the claim states 387. While the 2025 figure (350) is corroborated by some sources, the 2024 comparison figure varies across sources.
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