Attack on a Sudan hospital leaves 64 dead, 89 wounded‘DEVASTATING TOLL’: The WHO and the UN have condemned the strikes on healthcare, as the number of people killed in such attacks has passed 2,000AFP and AP, GENEVA and CAIROA strike on a hospital in Sudan killed 64 people and wounded 89, the WHO said on Saturday, with 13 children counted among the dead. The hospital “was struck, killing at least 64 people, including 13 children, two female nurses, one male doctor and multiple patients,” he wrote on X. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has blamed the military for the strike on the hospital and Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers reported that the hospital was hit by an army drone strike. Eight health staff were among the wounded in the attack, which damaged the hospital’s pediatric, maternity and emergency departments, Tedros said. As a result of Friday’s tragedy, the total number of people killed in attacks on health are in the conflict has now passed 2,000.

Source: Taipei Times March 22, 2026 16:38 UTC