The world watches in stunned horror as Sudan’s Darfur region plunges deeper into chaos with the brutal storming of El Fasher’s Saudi Hospital by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters. On October 26, 2025, what began as a tactical takeover amid the ongoing civil war exploded into one of the deadliest hospital attacks in modern history, claiming at least 460 lives according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This massacre, part of a broader assault on El Fasher that has killed up to 2,500 civilians, has drawn fierce international condemnation and revived nightmares of the 2003 Darfur genocide.
Eyewitness accounts paint a scene straight out of a nightmare. RSF paramilitaries, locked in a fierce 18-month battle with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for control of North Darfur’s last major SAF stronghold, burst into the hospital’s wards without warning. Patients hooked to life-saving IV drips were gunned down in their beds, while terrified outpatients waiting for consultations were lined up and executed in hallways slick with blood. “They came in shooting indiscriminately, targeting anyone who moved,” one surviving nurse whispered to reporters, her voice trembling over smuggled audio clips shared on social media. Doctors, hailed as heroes for tending to the wounded under constant shellfire, were not spared; at least a dozen were abducted, their fates unknown as RSF forces drag them into the desert fringes. Satellite imagery from human rights monitors reveals clusters of bodies piled outside the facility, with blood-soaked grounds visible even from space, confirming the scale of the slaughter.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a scathing statement on October 30, describing himself as “deeply shocked and appalled” by the assault on a protected medical site under international law. “Health facilities must remain sanctuaries, not slaughterhouses,” Tedros declared, urging the United Nations Security Council to impose immediate sanctions on RSF leadership. The organization’s tally of 460 deaths includes 200 inpatients, 150 outpatients, and 110 staff members, though aid groups warn the true number could climb higher as shallow graves are unearthed around El Fasher’s besieged walls. This attack cripples an already collapsing healthcare system in Sudan, where over 11 million people face famine and disease outbreaks, exacerbated by the war that erupted in April 2023 between SAF and RSF.
The RSF takeover of El Fasher marks a grim milestone in Sudan’s spiraling conflict, which has displaced 10 million and killed tens of thousands. Born from the ashes of the Janjaweed militias accused of the 2003 genocide, the RSF under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) has faced repeated war crime allegations, including ethnic cleansings targeting non-Arab groups like the Fur and Massalit. Videos circulating online, verified by fact-checkers, show RSF fighters firing on fleeing civilians near the city’s eastern earth walls, with one clip capturing a child pleading for mercy before gunfire erupts. In response, RSF chief Hemedti promised an internal probe, but skepticism runs high among activists who point to past cover-ups, such as the 2023 El Geneina massacre that claimed 15,000 lives.
As Arab nations like Saudi Arabia and Egypt slam the killings and call for ceasefires, the international community grapples with its paralysis. The U.S. has hinted at asset freezes, while the African Union demands RSF withdrawal, but aid convoys remain blocked, starving survivors of food and medicine. Experts fear this hospital bloodbath signals a “true genocide” phase, with RSF’s advance potentially unleashing reprisals across Darfur. For the families of the 460 lost souls, justice feels like a distant dream amid the gunfire.
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In a chilling escalation of Sudan’s civil war, RSF forces stormed El Fasher’s Saudi Hospital, slaughtering 460 patients and staff, WHO reports. Uncover the brutal details, eyewitness horrors, and global calls for justice in this Darfur bloodbath that echoes past genocides.
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- Link to WHO official statement: WHO Sudan Update
- NPR eyewitness report: NPR Darfur Coverage
- BBC RSF response: BBC Sudan Investigation
- Al Jazeera video analysis: Al Jazeera El Fasher Footage
