January 2025 Saudi Hospital attack
2025 hospital airstrike in Sudan
On 24 January 2025, the Rapid Support Forces hit the Saudi Maternal Teaching Hospital in El Fasher with drones while they were attacking Sudanese Armed Forces positions in the city. The attack left at least 70 people dead and was condemned internationally. It was also among the deadliest attacks on the Hospital since the start of the war, until 460 people were killed in the hospital during the El Fasher massacre.
Background
The Saudi Maternal Teaching Hospital was one of the last functioning hospital in El Fasher prior to the attack. At the time of the attack, between 70 and 80 percent of all health care facilities in the country had gone out of service. The hospital had also previously come under shelling, with staff recording 28 deaths and 50 injuries over shelling over the last month.
The strike came after recent gains by the SAF, taking control of the El-Jeili oil refinery and breaking the siege of the Signal Corps headquarters in Khartoum. The city had been under a siege with the RSF attempting several times to take control of it as it is one of the last strongholds the SAF has in Darfur. RSF had also sent a 48 ultimatum for the SAF and allied forces to leave El Fasher previous to the attack.
Attack
On January 24, 2025, the hospital's emergency ward was hit by drones.
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