Thirteen killed as a hospital besieged in a siege city of Sudan, the BBC told

At least 13 people were killed after an attack on one of the last remaining hospitals in El-Fasher, a Sudanese city trapped under siege.

Sixteen others, including a doctor and a nurse, were injured after the paramilitary forces of rapid support (RSF) firing a Saudi hospital several times on Tuesday night, a BBC source said.

The photos showed broken windows, cracks of shrapnel, a gaping hole in the wall of mud-tummy and twisted metal from hospital beds covering the floor.

A group of Sudanese medics called the attack on a war crime. RSF has been besieging El-Fasher for more than 17 months, leaving hundreds of thousands of people stuck in the city facing hunger.

The paramilitary group is fighting the army for complete control of El-Fashire, the last military fortress in the vast region of Darfur.

This is the second strike at Saudi hospital this year – the first in January killed three children and wounds three others.

The latter firing was torn through part of the hospital, destroying wards.

In recent weeks, RSF has strengthened its attack on the city, making experts believe that the city could soon fall unless the army receives immediate reinforcements.

The two countries have been engaged in a fierce civil war for more than two years, causing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and tens of thousands of deaths.

The continuous battles at El-Fashire have forced most healthcare facilities to close. Corps for helping food and healthcare are blocked by reaching civilians.

“After more than 500 days, a continuous siege of RSF and continuous fighting, El Fasher is on the abyss of an even greater catastrophe, unless emergency measures are taken (not to loose weapons of weapons on the city and protect civilians,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Thursdays.