DUBAI, Jan. 26 -- A brutal attack on the only operational hospital in El Fasher, a besieged city in Sudan's Darfur region, has claimed around 70 lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed the death toll in a post on X, describing the assault on the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital as "appalling."

The attack, which left 19 others injured, occurred as the hospital was crowded with patients, said Ghebreyesus. He also reported another assault on a health facility in Al Malha. Local officials attributed the attack to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group engaged in a civil war with Sudan's military.

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