RSF drone strike kills 3, wounds 7 in attack on hospital

A drone strike carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed three people and wounded seven others, including a medical worker, at Al-Mazmoum Hospital in Sudan’s Sennar State late Sunday evening, the Sudan Doctors Network reported.

The medical group condemned the attack as “a flagrant violation of international laws prohibiting attacks on medical centers and health workers,” warning that such strikes “increase the suffering of civilians and deprive the population of access to medical care.” It held the RSF leadership fully responsible.
The hospital strike is the latest in a sustained campaign against Sudan’s health infrastructure. Since the war began in April 2023, between 622 and 675 incidents of violence or obstruction targeting healthcare have been documented nationwide, with roughly two-thirds attributed to the RSF, according to monitoring data.

By mid-2025, Insecurity Insight had recorded over 150 instances of damage to health facilities and the killing of more than 150 health workers, with dozens more detained. In areas seized by the RSF, fighters have occupied medical centers, forcibly removed patients, and obstructed civilian access to care.

Just days before the Sennar strike, the World Health Organization warned that Sudan’s health system was “under attack” once again, citing three health facilities targeted in South Kordofan during the first week of February.

Wider pattern of atrocities
The attack comes amid a broader pattern of RSF violence against civilians documented by international bodies. A UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) report published on February 13 found that the RSF committed widespread atrocities amounting to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during its October offensive to capture El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital.

The report documented more than 6,000 killings in just the first three days of the assault, with mass executions, ethnically targeted violence, systematic sexual assault, and the use of children in hostilities. UN High Commissioner Volker Turk called for accountability through all available mechanisms, including the International Criminal Court.

Escalating violence across multiple states
Beyond Darfur, RSF attacks have intensified across the Kordofan states. On February 10, an RSF drone strike killed two civilians and wounded four in South Kordofan. Days earlier, an RSF drone attack on a convoy carrying World Food Programme supplies in North Kordofan killed 24 displaced civilians, drawing condemnation from both the United States and the United Nations.

Amnesty International warned in late 2025 that the world was “turning its back on civilians in Sudan” as RSF attacks in Kordofan escalated, with civilians facing shelling, drone strikes, displacement, and the obstruction of humanitarian aid. The war has killed tens of thousands, displaced nearly 11 million, and pushed over 21 million into acute food insecurity, making it one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.