Sudan's hospitals deliberately targeted by RSF fighters
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Sudan's hospitals deliberately targeted by RSF fighters

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 23, 202629 min
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  • Politics

A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed El-Fasher's healthcare system during their long siege and subsequent takeover of the city in Darfur a year ago. UN human rights chief Volker Türk called the findings "deeply disturbing", saying multiple attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on civilian infrastructure, including health facilities, were serious violations of international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes. Also: the Israeli military says two soldiers were killed in an attack by Palestinian gunmen in the occupied West Bank. The two suspected attackers were shot dead by the I...

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We report from Sudan that RSF paramilitary fighters attacked hospitals and health staff during their capture of the city of al-Fashar. The Israeli military say that two soldiers were killed in an attack by Palestinian gunmen in the occupied West Bank.

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