August 11, 2026A decade after the UN demanded protection for medical care in war, attacks on hospitals, health workers, patients and humanitarian aid continue with devastating impunity. The Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2286 on 3 May 2016 – a strong political reaffirmation that medical care must be protected in war. More humanitarian workers were killed in 2024 than in any previous year, with 383 killed in total. Hospitals are bombed, ambulances are purposefully delayed or attacked, health workers are treated with suspicion, and patients are denied the care they need. The test is whether it leads to practical protection, timely accountability and political pressure when humanitarian workers, health workers and civilians are attacked.