Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit a hospital in a rebel-held province of north-west Yemen on Monday killing at least six people, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and a rebel official said. MSF "confirms that Abs hospital (in Hajja province) was targeted by air strikes today at 15:45 Yemen time (1245 GMT)", the Paris-based relief agency tweeted.
MSF spokeswoman Malak Shaher confirmed the incident and told AFP the agency has had a team at the public hospital in the coastal town since 2015. Ayman Mazkour, who heads the health sector in Hajja province, said six people were killed and 20 wounded in the strikes, warning that the toll could rise. "Medical teams have not yet been able to enter the hospital," he said in a statement carried by the rebel sabanews.net website, adding that coalition warplanes were still flying over the area.