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Red Cross Accuses Saudis of Deliberately Attacking Health Care Facilities in Yemen
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for the end of bombing hospitals in war-torn Yemen, accusing U.S.-backed Saudi forces of carrying out the attacks.
The ICRC says “close to a hundred” hospital attacks have occurred since March, with the latest in the city of Taiz. Al-Thawra hospital, which has cared for about 50 injured people every day, was shelled several times on November 8. Before that, a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Haydan district of Saada was attacked on October 26.
“The neutrality of health care facilities and staff is not being respected. Health facilities are deliberately attacked and surgical and medical supplies are also being blocked from reaching hospitals in areas under siege,” Kedir Awol Omar, deputy head of the ICRC delegation in Yemen, said …. http://www.allgov.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/11/red-cross-accuses-saudis-of.html
