While fatalities from drone attacks only account for a small share of the overall humanitarian death toll – preliminary data from 2024 indicates that 292 aid workers and 870 health workers were killed in total – the report’s authors said the sharp rise in drone-related deaths reflects a major shift in the nature of warfare.
In 2024, 53 healthcare workers and 16 aid workers were killed in drone strikes, an increase of more than 70 per cent on the previous year, according to a report by Insecurity Insight.
Drone attacks are responsible for an increasing share of deaths among humanitarian workers and are disrupting vital aid work in conflict zones, research has shown.
Drones now behind significant proportion of aid worker deaths, research shows Report is one of the first to focus on the impact the weapons are having on humanitarian efforts.
The report, which documents the use of armed drones in conflict zones around the world, is one of the first to focus on the impact the weapons are having on humanitarian efforts.
