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Drone strike on Sudan hospital kills 10, medical charity MSF says

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 443 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Drone strike on Sudan hospital kills 10, medical charity MSF says Two strikes on Al Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State hit an operating theatre and a maternity ward, MSF says.

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What happened

Drone strike on Sudan hospital kills 10, medical charity MSF says Two strikes on Al Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State hit an operating theatre and a maternity ward, MSF says.

Why it matters

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has denounced a drone attack on a Sudanese hospital that killed 10 people in the south-central part of the war-torn nation.

Common ground

The attack on Thursday involved two strikes on Al Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State, hitting an operating theatre and a maternity ward, MSF said in a statement on Friday, adding the assault was “reportedly” carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Two strikes on Al Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State hit an operating theatre and a maternity ward, MSF says”
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Wikipedia timeline entry is vague and does not specifically mention the Al Jabalain Hospital strikes or their details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) in 2025. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Moreover, some events m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Sudanese_civil…
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Claim 2: “In a separate attack on Thursday, a medical supply depot was hit in Rabak, the capital city of the White Nile province”
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No evidence found in provided sources to confirm the medical supply depot strike in Rabak.
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Claim 3: “Khalid Aleisir, the minister of culture, information, antiquities and tourism, condemned the attack and called for designating the RSF a terrorist organisation and prosecuting its members”
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Reported by The Hindu as a cross-referenced source, but no additional independent corroboration found.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Khalid Aleisir, the minister of culture, information, antiquities and tourism, condemned the attack and called for designating the RSF a terrorist organisation and prosecuting its members.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/paramilitary-for…
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Claim 4: “The strikes are the latest in a series of attacks on the healthcare system in Sudan amid the ongoing war between the army and the RSF that broke out in April 2023”
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No evidence found in provided sources to confirm the timeline of attacks on healthcare facilities since April 2023.
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Claim 5: “This unacceptable assault resulted in at least 10 fatalities, including seven medical staff, some of whom had previously worked with MSF”
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No evidence found in provided sources to confirm fatalities or medical staff involvement.
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Claim 6: “Drone strike on Sudan hospital kills 10, medical charity MSF says”
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Wikipedia entries only mention general context about the Sudanese civil war and MSF's role, but do not directly confirm the specific drone strike incident or casualty numbers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sudanese civil war that began in April 2023 has produced a severe humanitarian crisis. The conflict is fought between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Ten days i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_impact_of_the_Sud…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; pronounced [medsɛ̃ sɑ̃ fʁɔ̃tjɛʁ] ), French for Doctors Without Borders, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Médecins_Sans_Frontières
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) in 2025. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Moreover, some events m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Sudanese_civil…
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Claim 7: “The attack is even more appalling as it occurred during a children’s immunisation campaign”
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No evidence found in provided sources to confirm the attack occurred during an immunisation campaign.
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Claim 8: “Emergency Lawyers, a local rights group, said the 'recurring pattern' of drone attacks by the warring parties since March in the provinces of South Kordofan, Blue Nile, East, Central and South Darfur has displaced more people”
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No evidence found in provided sources to confirm Emergency Lawyers' claims about displacement due to drone attacks.
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Claim 9: “Sudan Doctors Network, a local group that monitors war violence, called the attack a 'deliberate assault on health facilities and unarmed civilians' that further worsens an already deteriorating health sector in the country”
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Claim 10: “The attack on Thursday involved two strikes on Al Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State, hitting an operating theatre and a maternity ward, MSF said in a statement on Friday, adding the assault was 'reportedly' carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)”
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Wikipedia timeline entry lacks specific details about the RSF's involvement in the attack on Al Jabalain Hospital.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) in 2025. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Moreover, some events m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Sudanese_civil…
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Claim 11: “The World Health Organization said in March that more than 200 attacks have targeted healthcare facilities since the war began. Last month, 70 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan’s western Darfur region”
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No evidence found in provided sources to confirm the WHO or UN reports referenced.
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