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Safety, security and access incidents
Incidents of threats and violence affecting aid workers and aid delivery.
Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
13 November 2024: In Sake Mweso axis, Masisi territory, North Kivu province, aid workers in two health INGO jeeps were held up by armed men whilst travelling to the Mweso health zone to provide medical and humanitarian assistance. Sources: Radio Okapi and La Prunelle
Sudan
As reported on 13 November 2024: In an undisclosed location, an aid worker was beaten when RSF members, who had stopped him outside his house to check his phone and allegedly found messages critical of the group. He was arrested and held for 20 days without his family being aware of his detention or location and was released following a social media campaign. Source: The New Humanitarian
As reported on 13 November 2024: In an undisclosed location, an unspecified number of aid workers were accused of being loyal to the ex-president Omar al-Bashir. The aid workers claimed this reason was used to extort $150 per person. Source: The New Humanitarian
As reported on 13 November 2024: In an undisclosed location, an aid worker was beaten by an RSF member for taking a photo of a communal kitchen. Another RSF member falsely accused him of owing a $300 debt. Source: The New Humanitarian
17 November 2024: In El Fasher city, North Darfur state, the MSF-supported Saudi Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital was hit and damaged by RSF artillery shelling, killing and injuring an unspecified number of people. Source: Sudan War Monitor
As reported on 17 November 2024: In East Nile district, Khartoum state, at least 150 community kitchens run by volunteers were forced to close due to lack of funding. Source: Sudan Tribune
As reported on 22 November 2024: In Karari town, Khartoum state, an aid worker was arrested by a security officer. Source: Personal Communication
23 November 2024: In Mellit district, El Fasher city, North Darfur state, an OCHA national staff member was killed by shelling of an unidentified origin. Sources: AWSD² and OCHA News
Europe
Ukraine
26 November 2024: In Solonchaky village, Mykolaiv raion and oblast, two representatives of a humanitarian mission and four local residents were injured when a humanitarian aid distribution site was hit by Russian shelling. One of the injured died of his injuries in the hospital the following day. Sources: Fakty, InsheTV, MagnoliaTV and OCHA News
Middle East and North Africa
Lebanon
14 November 2024: In Douris village, Baalbek-Hermel governorate, a Lebanese Civil Defense centre was damaged by Israeli airstrikes. 15 firefighters were killed and several others missing. Sources: L’Orient Today, OCHA News and OCHA Update 44
14 November 2024: In Arab Seleem village, South Governorate, a Lebanese Civil Defense centre was damaged by Israeli airstrikes, killing at least 16 paramedics. Source: OCHA Update 44
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Gaza
13 November 2024: In North Gaza governorate, an Israeli soldier used a bulldozer to destroy a large quantity of humanitarian aid. Source: Quds News Network
13 November 2024: In North Gaza governorate, three attempts to deliver life-saving assistance to besieged areas were blocked by Israeli forces. Source: OCHA News
13 November 2024: In undisclosed locations, 14 out of 20 humanitarian trucks collected from the newly opened Kissufim Crossing were shot at and looted, injuring three drivers. Source: OCHA News
13 November 2024: In North Gaza governorate, three missions planned by OCHA and WFP to reach besieged areas were rejected by Israeli forces. Source: OCHA News
As reported on 15 November 2024: In North Gaza governorate, Israeli authorities continued to deny the WHO’s requests to access Kamal Adwan Hospital. Source: OCHA News
As reported on 15 November 2024: In North Gaza governorate, Israeli authorities continued to deny the WHO’s requests to access the NGO-supported Al Awda Hospital. Source: OCHA News
As reported on 15 November 2024: Across the Gaza Strip, 29 NGOs released a joint statement accusing the Israeli army of encouraging the looting of humanitarian aid. The statement claims that police officers assigned to escort aid lorries are attacked by the IDF. It also claimed that humanitarian drivers are extorted by gangs under the guise of protection and Israeli forces witness the extortion and refuse to act. Source: L’Orient Today
16 November 2024: In an undisclosed location in central/southern Gaza, a UN convoy of 109 trucks carrying food supplies for WFP and UNRWA from the Kerem Shalom crossing was violently looted. Drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid. The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost: they were either taken, damaged, or had their fuel or oil stolen. The convoy, initially scheduled for a day later, was instructed by Israeli authorities to depart at short notice via an alternate, unfamiliar route. The looting incidents were concentrated in southeastern Gaza, particularly in areas under the presence of the Israeli military. Sources: El Pais and OCHA News
17 November 2024: In an undisclosed location, during a mission to deliver food and medical supplies to Kamal Adwan Hospital, a team of humanitarian aid workers was forced to offload the food at an Israeli military checkpoint before reaching the hospital. Seven of the 40 boxes of medical supplies were delivered to the facility. Sources: OCHA News and Palestinian Info Centre
17 November 2024: Near Qizan Najjar, Rafah governorate, six volunteers were killed in an Israeli airstrike while on a mission facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the city. Source: Personal Communication
18 November 2024: In an unspecified location, over 20 people were reportedly killed by armed men in an security operation said to be led by the Gaza Ministry of Interior to target alleged looters of humanitarian aid. Source: OCHA Update 239
19 November 2024: In North Gaza governorate, Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) services were suspended. Source: OCHA Update 239
20 November 2024: In North Gaza governorate, Kamal Adwan Hospital remained under ongoing Israeli siege. It was reported that patients are only able to receive minimal care due to the lack of aid and medical resources. No food, medical staff, ambulances or medicine are allowed in and no acceptance of a humanitarian corridor. Source: WAFA
20 November 2024: In As Sabra area, Gaza city and governorate, a PCD team was directly hit while trying to rescue people under rubble, killing one staff member and injuring three others. Sources: L’Orient Today and OCHA Update 241
20 November 2024: In Khan Yunis city and governorate, MSF reported that an Israeli drone strike almost hit five Palestinian and international MSF staff while on the way home from the Nasser Medical Complex, although the team was travelling in a clearly-marked MSF vehicle and the movement had been notified to the Israeli military. While the MSF team survived, the attack killed 20 people and seriously injured 10 others. Source: OCHA Update 241
23 November 2024: In the Gaza Strip, the UN reported that two-thirds of the 129 different humanitarian aid organisations were prevented from operating across Gaza by Israeli forces. Source: WAFA
As reported on 26 November 2024: Summary: In North Gaza governorate, none of the UN’s 41 attempts to reach Palestinians in besieged areas with life-saving assistance has been facilitated by Israeli authorities in the month of November. Of those 41 attempts, UN requests to go ahead with 37 humanitarian missions were denied. The other four missions were approved but then impeded on the ground. Source: OCHA News
26 November 2024: In the Gaza Strip, the PCD announced that all of their fire, rescue, and ambulance vehicles stopped working due to the lack of fuel. Source: OCHA Update 241
West Bank
17 November 2024: Along al-Maarajat road, Jericho governorate, a Red Crescent ambulance crew was prevented from providing first aid to a man who had been beaten by Israeli settlers and subsequently arrested by Israeli forces. Source: Palestinian Info Centre
Syrian Arab Republic
As reported on 21 November 2024: Near the Joussieh border crossing, Israeli airstrikes landed close to UNHCR facilities, damaging a border post. Source: OCHA News
As reported on 21 November 2024: In Al-Quseir, Homs governorate, Israeli airstrikes landed close to UNHCR facilities. Source: OCHA News
The Americas
Haiti
12 November 2024: In an undisclosed location in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, two MSF ambulances were stopped by officers of the Haitian National Police’s Brigade de Recherche et D’Intervention (BRI), who threatened to kill MSF staff in the near future. Source: MSF
16 November 2024: In Delmas 33, Delmas commune, Ouest department, an MSF driver was verbally assaulted by plainclothes police officers who warned MSF staff of future attacks on their ambulances. Source: MSF
18 November 2024: In Carrefour Rita, Tabarre commune, Port-au-Prince arrondissement, Ouest department, an MSF vehicle taking staff to work was stopped by a Haitian National Police vehicle driven by a plainclothes policeman armed with a pistol who threatened staff onboard. Source: MSF
19 November 2024: In the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, Ouest department, MSF suspended activities until further notice following violence and threats from police. Sources: MSF and Radio Télé Métronome
Insecurity Insight. 2024. Aid in Danger Bi-Monthly News Brief, 13-26 November 2024. Geneva: Insecurity Insight. bit.ly/13-26Nov2024Aid
1 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) database attribution policy. Accessed 27 November 2024.
2 The Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) does not include the names of individual victims or the agencies affected by an incident. This is done in consideration of the victims and their families who may not wish to have the names published in this format and to afford equal respect to the many victims for whom this information is not available. Accessed on 30 November 2024.