The Saudi-led coalition has been accused of carrying out “double tap” airstrikes, targeting those trying to rescue victims of an earlier attack.
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MSF reported that the Global Positioning System location of the hospital had been shared with the Saudis, and that its location was well known.
“This is the fourth attack against an MSF facility in less than 12 months”.
“Once again, today we witness the tragic consequences of the bombing of a hospital”, she said.
MSF calls on all parties, and particularly the Saudi-led coalition responsible for the attack, to guarantee that such attacks do not happen again.
The Monday airstrikes on the hospital, believed carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, killed six people, health sources said, less than two days after similar raids killed 10 children and sparked global concern.
A spokesman for Ban said he condemned the attack and urged parties “to prevent further violations of global humanitarian law and human rights and do everything in their power to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure”.
Earlier this month, the coalition acknowledged “shortcomings” in two out of eight cases it has investigated of United Nations -condemned airstrikes on civilian targets in Yemen.
At least 11 people were killed in the attack, including one MSF staff member, with 19 people seriously injured, MSF general manager Paul McPhun told ABC News 24.
The 14-member JIAT was set up as a standing investigation team following mounting criticism of the civilian death toll from the bombing campaign.
Between April and August of 2016, the statement said, 272 civilians have been killed there and 543 were injured.
In October past year, more than 40 staff and patients were killed in a U.S. gunship raid on one of the charity’s hospitals in Afghanistan.
Rights group Amnesty International described the bombardment as “deplorable”, saying it “appears to be the latest in a string of unlawful attacks targeting hospitals, highlighting an alarming pattern of disregard for civilian life”.
The hospital strike was the latest in a series of coalition raids that allegedly hit civilian facilities – including a school on Saturday where 10 children were killed.
In a statement issued in Paris, MSF said a blast “partially destroyed” the hospital at Abs, located in the rebel-held province of Hajja. The smudge in the middle of the image is caused by dirt on the lens.
A Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staffer was among the dead, it said.
World Health Organization spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said all remaining patients and staff have been evacuated from the hospital that was partially destroyed.
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“He calls for a swift investigation of this tragic issue and urges the parties to hire all necessary steps to prevent further infractions of global humanitarian law and human rights and do everything in their ability to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure”. “Continued military actions only prolong the suffering of the Yemeni people”. “Since then, 4,611 patients have been treated at the facility”. The number of people in its emergency room was still being determined.
