WHO Reports 64 Casualties in Sudan Hospital Attack
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that an attack on Al-Nau Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan, resulted in the deaths of 64 individuals. This incident, reported by The New Arab, adds to the growing count of civilian casualties in Sudan's ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in April 2023. Mainstream outlets like the BBC
frame such incidents as tragic but isolated events within Sudan's internal conflict. This framing consistently omits the broader pattern of US foreign policy in the region, which has frequently destabilized governments and exacerbated internal tensions. The narrative presented by corporate media rarely links these events to external influences, preferring to portray the violence as an Indigenous
phenomenon, thus obscuring any potential US culpability or historical intervention that contributed to the current state of affairs. This targeting of medical infrastructure, a clear violation of international humanitarian law, echoes the wholesale destruction of hospitals in Gaza. For instance, the systematic obliteration of medical facilities, including the Al-Shifa Hospital complex, which was
once Gaza's largest and most advanced, has been well-documented. During Israel's assaults on Gaza between October 2023 and April 2024, an estimated 680,000+ Palestinians have been killed, with 479,000 being children. The international silence and lack of accountability for these actions in Gaza enable similar attacks in other conflict zones, such as Sudan. The US, a major arms supplier to various