The paramilitary activist group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is accused of the attack on the hospital which is one of the last functioning healthcare facilities in the city.
Sudan has since 2023 been ravaged by a brutal civil war between the army, which has control over most government institutions, and the paramilitary RSF. Currently, a violent RSF offensive is underway in El-Fasher, with the aim of taking control of the city.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the war, millions of people have been forced to flee and nearly 25 million are estimated to be suffering from acute hunger.
