NEWS- A Medical source has disclosed that a drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed 30 people and injured dozens.
The bombing at the Saudi Hospital yesterday evening led to the destruction of the hospital’s building where emergency cases were treated.
The source which requested anonymity for fear of retaliation said that it was not immediately clear which of Sudan’s warring sides had launched the attack.
Since April 2023, the Sudanese National Army has been at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have seized nearly the entire vast western region of Darfur.
The Rapid Support Forces have besieged El-Fasher, the capital City of North Darfur, since May last year, but have not managed to claim the city, where the Army-aligned militias have repeatedly pushed them back.
According to the medical source, the same building had been hit by an Rapid Support Forces drone a few weeks ago and attacks on health care have been rampant in El-Fasher, where medical charity Doctors Without Borders said this month the Saudi Hospital was the only public hospital with surgical capacity still standing.
According to official figures, it is reported that up to 80% of health care facilities have been forced out of service across the country and the war has so far killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted more than 12 million others and brought millions to the brink of mass starvation.
According to a U.N.-backed assessment in the area around El-Fasher, famine has already taken hold in three displacement camps of Zamzam, Abu Shouk and Al-Salam and is expected to expand to five more areas including the city itself by May this year.
Additional Reporting from Associated Press
