Yemeni hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hit by a Saudi-led air strike, the group says, in latest bombing of a civilian target
A Yemeni hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was hit by a Saudi-led air strike, the group said on Tuesday, thelatest bombing of a civilian target in the seven-month air campaign in Yemen.
"MSF facility in Saada Yemen was hit by several airstrikes last night with patients and staff inside the facility," the group said in a tweet.
"The air raids resulted in the destruction of the entire hospital with all that was inside - devices and medical supplies - and the moderate wounding of several people," Doctor Ali Mughli said.
Saba said other air strikes hit a nearby girls school and damaged several civilian homes.
School destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike is seen in Haidan district of Yemen's northwestern province of Saada Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
It was not immediately possible to confirm that report, and a coalition spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries intevened in a civil war in Yemen in late March, but seven months of air attacks to restore the Saudi-based Yemeni government to power have yet to loosen the Houthis' grip over the capital Sanaa.
A Yemeni man inspects the damage in his house following air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the capital Sanaa Photo: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty
Human rights groups have expressed concern at the mounting deaths caused by the aerial bombing and ground fighting raging across the impoverished country.
More than 5,600 people have died in the conflict and shuttle diplomacy by a United Nations envoy has yet to win a political solution or slow the pace of combat.
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