MSF says airstrike hit its hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei

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 Soldiers of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces at the SSPDF Headquarters in Juba on December 28, 2022. 

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Médecins Sans Frontières said its hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, where it serves more than 200,000 people, was hit by an airstrike on Tuesday night, destroying the hospital’s main warehouse and most of its critical medical supplies.

The charity said in a statement that South Sudanese government forces were the only armed party in the country with the capacity to perform aerial attacks.