4 killed in missile strike on Medicins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen

At least four people have been killed in a missile strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres medical facility in Yemen, a spokesman has confirmed. The organization “strongly condemns this,” while adding that 10 people have been injured in the attack.

The facility, which was hit by a rocket on Sunday, is in Razeh in the north of the country. In a statement on Twitter, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) say they, "strongly condemn this and we reiterate to all parties to the conflict that patients & medical facilities must be respected."

“The only details I have at the moment is that one of the hospitals that we support in Sadeh was bombed. I have heard that three people have died and 10 people have been injured,” a spokesperson for MSF told RT. It later emerged that a fourth person had been killed, with the humanitarian group saying that the death toll could rise.

MSF pointed out on their Twitter feed that this is the third severe incident the organization has had to deal with in the last three months.

“Our teams struggle on a daily basis to ensure the respect of health facilities,” the group stated.

.@MSF: many hospitals have closed their doors, unable to operate in the current circumstances in #Yemen #YemenCrisis pic.twitter.com/3TEpqv8ySO

— أطباء بلا حدود-اليمن (@msf_yemen) 6 января 2016

In October 2015, MSF said a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a Yemeni hospital with patients and staff inside.

Laurent Sury, MSF’s emergency coordinator said the medical facility was targeted six times by airstrikes, even though coalition forces had coordinates of the hospital.

The hospital was completely destroyed, and several people were injured.

The Saudi-led coalition launched its anti-Houthi campaign in March 2015, after the anti-government rebels started capturing large parts of Yemen, including the capital Saana, and the country’s second-largest city, the port of Aden.

On January 5, the UN Security Council urged the warring parties in Yemen to participate in another round of peace talks this month and "expressed deep concern regarding the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen which continues to worsen."

The organization says more than 21 million people in Yemen need help, or about 80 percent of the population. The death toll from fighting in the country had reached 2,795 as of Tuesday, according to the UN. At least 81 people were killed in December alone.

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