Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned on Sunday the attack on Saudi hospital in El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region. The Kingdom extended its deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the families of the victims, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia's strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack on the Saudi hospital in El-Fasher. "This attack resulted in the death and injury of several people, violating international and humanitarian laws," the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.

Saudi Arabia reiterated its rejection of these violations and emphasized the critical need to protect health and humanitarian workers. It urged self-restraint and the avoidance of targeting civilians, calling for adherence to the commitments made in the Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan, issued on May 11, 2023.

Some 70 people were killed and another 19 injured in an attack on the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital, the only functional hospital, in the besieged city of El Fasher. “At the time of the attack, the hospital was packed with patients receiving care,” the World Health Organization said in a statement.