Hospitals deliberately targeted by Sudan's RSF, BBC finds

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis is a BBN special report. A BBC investigation has found that fighters from Sudan's Rapid Support Forces deliberately targeted hospitals in the country's war.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes, which is a phrase the UN does not use lightly.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe BBC's finding is that these were not stray shells. The investigation concludes the hospitals were hit on purpose.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA hospital is where people go when everything else has failed.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhen it becomes a target, the whole system of care around it collapses, and that hurts civilians far beyond the wards that were hit.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentUnder the laws of war, hospitals are protected. Türk's warning is that deliberate attacks on them can be prosecuted as war crimes.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat to watch now is whether the UN's language turns into any formal investigation, and whether anyone is held to account.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe'll keep following it. That's the report from Sudan.