[LAUREN TAYLOR]

2023 IS OFFICIALLY THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS GLOBALLY ACCORDING TO THE UN – AND OFFICIALS WARN THIS YEAR COULD BE EVEN WORSE.

280 AID WORKERS WERE KILLED IN 33 COUNTRIES LAST YEAR– A NEARLY 140-PERCENT INCREASE FROM 2022.

THE MOST RECENT DATA SHOWS 2024 IS ON TRACK TO BE DEADLIER.

THE U-N REPORTS 172 AID WORKERS HAVE BEEN KILLED SO FAR THIS YEAR.

HALF OF THOSE DEATHS OCCURRING IN GAZA ALONE.

“EXTREME LEVELS OF VIOLENCE” IN SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN ARE ALSO REPORTEDLY TO BLAME.

IN THE WAKE OF WHAT THE U-N CALLED “OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH” NUMBERS– THE ORGANIZATION IS CALLING FOR GREATER EFFORTS TO PROTECT CIVILIANS.

U-N OFFICIALS SAY IN THESE CONFLICT ZONES VIOLENCE AGAINST AID WORKERS IS NORMALIZED AND THERE IS A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

THEY SAY IT HAS HURT AID OPERATIONS “ENORMOUSLY.”

SINCE OCTOBER, THE AGENCY SAYS NEARLY 300 WORKERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA.

THE REVERBERATIONS OF AID WORKER AND CIVILIAN DEATHS HAVE BEEN FELT IN THE U-S SINCE THE ONSET OF ISRAEL’S WAR AGAINST HAMAS.

JUST THIS WEEK MORE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ARE BRINGING THEIR FIGHT TO THE NATIONAL STAGE.

AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BEGINS ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION – THEY’RE CONTINUING TO DEMAND AN END TO U-S ASSISTANCE TO THE WAR EFFORT. 

LARGE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN CHICAGO AS THE DNC CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

SUNDAY NIGHT, PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS INTERRUPTED A WELCOME PARTY FOR DELEGATES.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS COME AS THE PALESTINIAN DEATH TOLL HAS SURPASSED 40-THOUSAND PEOPLE– ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS-CONTROLLED GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY.

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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS– I’M LAUREN TAYLOR.