Several people have been reported killed in an air strike on a hospital in northwestern Yemen in an area held by Houthi rebels.
The Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) aid organisation, which helps run the hospital, confirmed Monday's attack on its official Twitter account saying: "Abs hospital (in Hajja province) was targeted by air strikes today at 15:45 Yemen time (1245 GMT)".
MSF said it had treated more than 4,600 patients since July 2015, when it began supporting the hospital.
Ayman Mazkour, who heads the health sector in Hajja province, said six people were killed and 20 wounded in the aerial attack, warning that the death toll could rise.
"Medical teams have not yet been able to enter the hospital," he said in a statement carried by the Houthi-run sabanews.net website.
Mazkour blamed the attack on the Arab coalition battling Houthi rebels. There was no immediate response from the coalition....
[aljazeera.com]
15/8/16
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The Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) aid organisation, which helps run the hospital, confirmed Monday's attack on its official Twitter account saying: "Abs hospital (in Hajja province) was targeted by air strikes today at 15:45 Yemen time (1245 GMT)".
- The group said the number of deaths and injuries remained unclear, adding that it was "assessing the situation to secure the safety of patients and staff".
MSF said it had treated more than 4,600 patients since July 2015, when it began supporting the hospital.
Ayman Mazkour, who heads the health sector in Hajja province, said six people were killed and 20 wounded in the aerial attack, warning that the death toll could rise.
"Medical teams have not yet been able to enter the hospital," he said in a statement carried by the Houthi-run sabanews.net website.
Mazkour blamed the attack on the Arab coalition battling Houthi rebels. There was no immediate response from the coalition....
[aljazeera.com]
15/8/16
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Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni hospital kills 20 ...
ReplyDeleteAt least 20 people were killed and 15 others wounded when the Saudi-led warplanes attacked a hospital operated by the humanitarian association Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Yemen's northwest province of Hajja on Monday, a MSF spokeswoman and an eyewitness told Xinhua.
"It is confirmed that a Saudi-led airstrike today hit a hospital run by MSF team since July 2015 in Abbs district," MSF spokeswoman Malak Shahir told Xinhua.
She said the doctor team is busy treating the injured.
An eyewitness told Xinhua that the airstrike destroyed a part of the hospital, but the hospital is still being operated by the MSF doctors.
He told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that a Spanish female doctor survived the airstrike and she is now treating the injured.
It's not the first time MSF-run hospitals were hit by the Saudi-led warplanes.....http://www.china.org.cn/world/2016-08/16/content_39098498.htm