At least 70 Sudanese massacred as RSF insurgents attack hospital in besieged El Fasher
An attack by the Sudanese insurgents, known as Rapid Special Forces (RSF), on the only functioning hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in western Sudan has killed nearly 70 people and injured 19 others.
The attack on the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital happened while the hospital was packed with medical staff and patients, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
“The appalling attack on Saudi hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, led to 19 injuries and 70 deaths among patients and companions,” he stated.
“The hospital provides services which include gyn-obstetrics, internal medicine, surgery and pediatrics, along with nutrition stabilization center.”
Saudi Arabia has also condemned the attack on the hospital as a “violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”
Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN coordinator of humanitarian efforts in Sudan, warned on Thursday that the insurgents had given “a 48-hour ultimatum to forces allied to the Sudanese Armed Forces to vacate the city and indicated a forthcoming offensive.”
“Since May 2024, El Fasher has been under RSF siege,” she said. “Civilians in El Fasher have already endured months of suffering, violence and gross human rights abuses under the prolonged siege. Their lives now hang in the balance due to an increasingly precarious situation.”
According to the UN figures published in December, The RSF siege of El Fasher has killed at least 782 civilians and wounded more than 1,140 others. The UN said the true figures are likely to be higher.
RSF Began their insurgency in April 2023. Their indiscriminate attacks against civilians and based on ethnicity have resulted in the death of more than 28,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive the famine that has swept parts of the country.
In recent weeks, the RSF forces have been losing ground to the Sudan military under the command of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
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