RSF bombs two more hospitals in El Fasher

July 2,  2024 (EL FASHER) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued targeting health facilities in North Darfur state, shelling two hospitals in El Fasher on Tuesday.

This is the ninth such attack since fighting broke out in El Fasher between the army, the RSF, and their allies on 10 May. These clashes saw the use of heavy weaponry, including airstrikes and artillery.

The governor of the Darfur region, Minni Minawi, confirmed in a tweet on platform X that the RSF destroyed a private hospital in El Fasher’s Grand Market. He stated this meant they had targeted all hospitals in the area with high-precision cannons reportedly brought from the Emirates.

In a second tweet, Minawi said that the RSF bombed Jabal Marra Hospital in El Fasher less than 40 minutes after the attack on the private hospital.

A doctor informed Sudan Tribune that the shelling of the Jabal Marra medical complex extensively damaged the building but left the medical equipment unharmed.

The RSF’s targeting of medical facilities in El Fasher is seen as an attempt to cripple the health sector. The indiscriminate shelling has already destroyed the dialysis centre, El Fasher South Hospital, the Saudi Hospital, and several private medical centres.

The military spokesperson for the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council, Ahmed Jaddo, told Sudan Tribune that the movement, in cooperation with the Sudan Liberation Forces Gathering faction headed by El Taher Hajar, ensured the safe arrival of approximately 500 people from El Fasher to the areas of Tawilla, Korma, and Kebkabiya.

He noted that most of those fleeing were women, children, and the elderly.