| Topic: | Sudan Arab attocities: Why is it only Israel that is accused of 'genocide'? | Forum Home |
| Posted by: | John Hawkes | |
| Date/Time: | 30/08/25 13:34:00 |
| https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gz1ekdee3o "Barrier being built around besieged Sudan city, satellite images show" 'An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University. From satellite images, the university's Humanitarian Research Lab has identified more than 31km (19 miles) of "berms" - as the raised banks are known - constructed since May in territory outside the city occupied by the (Arab) paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). "Yesterday there was a shelling in a civilian area down in the city centre that ended up killing almost 24 civilians and injuring 55 people, among them five women," Dr Mohamed Faisal Hassan, from the medics association, told the BBC's Newsday programme. The attacks on the central market and a residential area were "deliberate" and "heinous", he said. "Three days ago they targeted one of the biggest hospitals in el-Fasher and resulted in a massive massacre of patients and medical staff." (NB reading most reports, it is only Israel and the IDF that attacks hospitals !) BBC Verify says both sides in the conflict have been using berms as a defensive strategy. But the analysis by Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), which has been closely monitoring the conflict, suggests that the RSF "is creating a literal kill box around el-Fasher". Since the conflict erupted, RSF fighters and allied Arab militia in Darfur have been accused of targeting people from non-Arab ethnic groups. "Some civilians are trying to escape the city but sadly they are being targeted and killed by the RSF forces," Dr Hassan said. The RSF has previously denied charges of targeting civilians and carrying out ethnic cleansing'. PS IDF do not seem to be involved ! |