Saudi Arabia Admits to October Airstrike on MSF Hospital | Democracy Now!

Saudi Arabia Admits to October Airstrike on MSF Hospital | Democracy Now!

Saudi Arabia Admits to October Airstrike on MSF Hospital

 A Saudi military spokesman has acknowledged Saudi Arabia bombed a
Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen in October. Saudi Arabia had
previously denied the October 27 airstrike, which injured one person and
completely destroyed the small hospital in Saada province, leaving an
estimated 200,000 people without access to a medical facility. The
U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition has been accused of carrying out
multiple attacks on health facilities in Yemen in recent months. In
January, an airstrike destroyed another hospital supported by Doctors
Without Borders, killing at least six patients and staff. Doctors
Without Borders Executive Director Jason Cone has accused Saudi Arabia
of waging the ongoing war in Yemen with "utter disregard for
international humanitarian law."