"Nawal Khalil had been volunteering as a nurse for three years at El Fasher South hospital when the Sudanese city was captured on Sunday by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). She was busy treating patients, including an elderly woman who needed a blood transfusion, when the attack began. They killed six wounded soldiers and civilians in their beds some of them women, she says. I don't know what happened to my other patients. I had to run when they stormed the hospital."
"Khalil, 27, was shot in the right foot and thigh as RSF fighters took control of the nearby military headquarters. She fled the city and walked for a day, injured and without food, to reach the town of Garney. On the way, they took my phone and money. I was left with nothing, she says. Map More than 1,000 people including women and children walked for two days to reach the town of Tawila in North Darfur after fleeing El Fasher, which was captured"
The Rapid Support Forces captured El Fasher, triggering attacks on civilians and medical facilities. Medical staff and patients were attacked; six wounded soldiers and civilians were killed in their beds. Nurse Nawal Khalil was shot in the foot and thigh while treating patients and fled injured and without food, later reaching Garney after losing phone and money. Over 1,000 displaced people, including women and children, walked to Tawila in North Darfur after an 18-month siege ended. The Joint Forces accused the RSF of killing more than 2,000 civilians since El Fasher fell, and the UN cited videos showing unarmed men shot or lying dead. The broader conflict began on 15 April 2023 between Sudanese armed forces and the RSF, a force rooted in the former Janjaweed militias.
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