Overview
- Al Deain Teaching Hospital, which was hit Friday, is now non-functional after a strike that killed at least 64 people, including 13 children, and wounded 89, according to the World Health Organization.
- Responsibility remains disputed as the RSF accuses the national army, the army denies it, and the rights group Emergency Lawyers attributes the strike to an army drone in a city under RSF control.
- WHO says the blast damaged pediatric, maternity, and emergency units and cut off essential care, leaving thousands without a main referral center in East Darfur.
- The attack pushed WHO’s verified toll from assaults on health care in the war past 2,000 deaths, reflecting a broader rise in drone use that UN human rights officials warn is killing more civilians.
- WHO is shifting support to other facilities by boosting primary care, adding capacity to treat the injured, and deploying trauma supplies and essential medicines as Sudan’s health system buckles in the three-year conflict.