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In a post on platform X, Tedros said: 'The World Health Organization has verified a new attack on healthcare facilities in Sudan. This time, the target was the Ad-Duain Educational Hospital in the capital of East Darfur, resulting in the deaths of at least 64 people, including 13 children, two nurses, one doctor, and a number of patients.'

64 people were killed and dozens wounded in a strike that hit a hospital in Sudan, according to the World Health Organization, yesterday Saturday.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday that a strike targeting a hospital in Sudan killed 64 people, including 13 children.

In a post on platform X, Tedros said: 'The World Health Organization has verified a new attack on healthcare facilities in Sudan. This time, the target was the Ad-Duain Educational Hospital in the capital of East Darfur, resulting in the deaths of at least 64 people, including 13 children, two nurses, one doctor, and a number of patients.'

Earlier, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan expressed 'strong outrage over an attack on a hospital in East Darfur yesterday, which reportedly killed dozens, including children, and wounded many.' It noted 64 dead and 89 wounded.

The Sudanese rights group 'Emergency Lawyers', which documents atrocities of the ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, reported that the strike was carried out 'by army drones' and hit the Ad-Duain Educational Hospital.

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Since April 2023, Sudan has witnessed a continuous war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, resulting in tens of thousands dead, at least 11 million displaced, and a hunger and displacement crisis that the UN considers the worst in the world.

The Rapid Support Forces control the Darfur region in the west of the country, while the army controls most of the east, center, and south.

The WHO's 'Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care' in Sudan had 'confirmed' the incident the day before yesterday, Friday, without specifying its location.

Its records showed a 'violent attack with heavy weapons' that damaged a secondary healthcare facility, medical staff, patients, supplies, and warehouses.

The United Nations World Health Organization counts and verifies attacks on health facilities, but does not point fingers at any party, as it is not an investigative body.

The city of Ad-Duain, capital of East Darfur state under the control of the Rapid Support Forces, is subjected to repeated attacks launched by the army.

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