Foreign Minister Penny Wong said 2024 is on track to be the 'deadliest year on record' for aid workers.
Five months after Australian Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom was killed in an air strike, Australia is launching a new initiative designed to drive action to protect aid workers in conflict zones. Frankcom and six other World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Gaza when the Israeli Defence Forces launched strikes as aid workers delivered food at night in early April.
It signifies that the rules and norms that protect humanitarian personnel are at risk, with consequences for current and future conflicts," she said in a statement. "It also signifies that calls for compliance with international humanitarian law are not being heard." Wong said Gaza is the "deadliest place on earth" to be an aid worker. "We want to ensure that their tragic deaths are not in vain and do not continue.
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