India, April 9 -- At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during 2025, bringing the total killed over three years to over 1,010, according to the UN's top aid coordinator, Tom Fletcher.
Of that total, more than 560 died in Gaza and the West Bank, 130 in Sudan, 60 in South Sudan, 25 in Ukraine and 25 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he told the Security Council on Wednesday.
"This is not an accidental escalation. It is the collapse of protection," he told ambassadors in New York, clarifying that they were killed in service - distributing food, water, shelter and medicine, some travelling in clearly marked convoys.
Humanitarians are not just being killed but "our action is being restricted, pe...