At least 13 people have been killed and 16 others injured, including a doctor and nurse, after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled the Saudi hospital in el-Fasher, a Sudanese city under siege.
The attack, which occurred on Tuesday night, has been condemned as a war crime by a group of Sudanese medics.
The hospital, one of the last remaining in the city, suffered significant damage, with pictures showing shattered windows, cracks from shrapnel, and a gaping hole in the wall.
The RSF has been besieging el-Fasher for over 17 months, leaving hundreds of thousands of people trapped and facing starvation. The city is the last military stronghold in the vast Darfur region, and the fighting has forced most health facilities to shut.
Aid convoys carrying food and healthcare have been blocked from reaching civilians, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
This is the second strike on the Saudi hospital this year, following a January attack that killed three children and injured three others.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has warned that el-Fasher is on the precipice of an even greater catastrophe if urgent measures are not taken to loosen the siege and protect civilians.
