At least 64 people, including 13 children, were killed in an attack on Al-Daein Teaching Hospital in Sudan’s East Darfur state, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the attack occurred on Friday night in the state capital Al-Daein, leaving 89 others injured, among them eight health workers. The hospital’s pediatric, maternity, and emergency departments were severely damaged, rendering the facility nonfunctional and halting emergency medical services in the city.

Tedros stated that this incident brings the total number of deaths from attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan’s ongoing war to over 2,000. Since the conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began in mid-April 2023, WHO has verified 213 attacks on health facilities, resulting in 2,036 deaths. Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers said the latest hospital strike was carried out by a military drone.

The war has triggered one of the world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crises, displacing over 12 million people and leaving more than 33 million in need of aid.