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Attack on Hospital in El-Fasher Claims 13 Lives Amidst Ongoing Siege
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Thirteen individuals were killed in a brutal shelling of a hospital in El-Fasher, Sudan, as the city faces a relentless siege by paramilitary forces. The attack has raised global concerns regarding humanitarian violations.
At least 13 people have been killed after an attack on one of the last remaining hospitals in el-Fasher, a Sudanese city trapped under siege.
Sixteen others, including a doctor and nurse, were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled the Saudi hospital several times on Tuesday night, a source there told the BBC. A group of Sudanese medics has called the attack a war crime.
Pictures showed shattered windows, cracks from shrapnel, a gaping hole in the mud-brick wall, and twisted metal from hospital beds covering the floor.
The RSF has been besieging el-Fasher for more than 17 months, leaving hundreds of thousands of people stuck in the city, facing starvation.
The paramilitary group is fighting the army for full control of el-Fasher, the last military stronghold in the vast Darfur region.
This is the second strike on the Saudi hospital this year - the first in January killed three children and injured three others. The latest shelling ripped through part of the hospital, destroying wards.
In recent weeks, the RSF has intensified its assault on el-Fasher, leading experts to believe the city could soon fall unless the army receives immediate reinforcements.
The incessant fighting in el-Fasher has forced most health facilities to shut. Aid convoys carrying food and healthcare have been blocked from reaching civilians.
Following over 500 days of unrelenting siege by the RSF, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that el-Fasher is on the brink of a greater catastrophe.
This assault underscores the critical humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where the ongoing civil war has led to tens of thousands of deaths and massive displacement.