A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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It earlier this month acknowledged “shortcomings” in two of eight cases it investigated of air strikes on civilian targets in Yemen.
Amnesty International said the bombardment “appears to be the latest in a string of unlawful attacks targeting hospitals, highlighting an alarming pattern of disregard for civilian life”.
“MSF wishes to clarify that all parties to the conflict, including in Kabul and Washington, were clearly informed of the precise location (GPS Coordinates) of the MSF facilities in Kunduz, including the hospital”, MSF stated.
Doctors Without Borders aid has claimed it is not the first time a hospital supported by the group has been attacked in Yemen.
The attack on the hospital came two days after an air strike on a school in Haydan, in Yemen’s northwestern Saada province, killed at least 10 children and wounded about 30, according to MSF.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last September called for a halt to the coalition’s air campaign, saying it was responsible for most of the conflict’s civilian casualties.
The group, known by its French acronym MSF, said an attack on a hospital it supported in the area on Monday had killed 19 people and wounded 24 – a higher death toll after some of the wounded had died.
The Abs hospital facilities, located in Hajjah province, have provided numerous medical services, assistance on emergencies, maternal health care, and dialysis to people in the region.
“Strikes on humanitarian facilities including hospitals are particularly concerning”, she said.
But residents and local health officials said at least six people had been killed and 13 others injured. The coalition added that it will make its findings from the investigation public.
It stepped up air strikes this month after United Nations-mediated peace talks between the rebels and Yemen’s internationally backed government were suspended.
A US aerial attack on an MSF-run hospital in Afghanistan last October killed 42 people.
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The latest strikes come as the coalition said it would allow humanitarian flights into Sanaa s global airport from Monday, after a closure of several days due to renewed hostilities around the rebel-held capital. In a joint statement, Oxfam, Save the Children and others pointed out that air strikes were behind more than half of the 785 children killed and 1,168 wounded in Yemen a year ago.
