UN says a record 281 humanitarian workers have died this year, mostly in Gaza
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The U-N says more humanitarian workers have been killed this year than any previous one on record. So far 281 people have died doing aid work -- 178 of them in Gaza. Jens Laerke (Yen LARE-kuh) is with the U-N's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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GENEVA — More aid workers, health care staffers, delivery personnel and other humanitarians have been killed in 2024 than in any other single year, the United Nations reported Friday.
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