Satellite Images Confirm Brutal Destruction and Mass Killings in El Fasher, Sudan
Eyewitness reports, satellite imagery, and on-ground videos point to systematic executions, hospital massacres, and possible genocide as RSF tightens control.
Sudan, PUREWILAYAH.COM - Paramilitary forces from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have taken control of the city of El Fasher in Sudan, marking one of the darkest turning points in the nation’s civil war.
The fall of the city followed an 18-month siege that deprived hundreds of thousands of civilians of food, medicine, and humanitarian relief.
According to eyewitness accounts and satellite analysis cited by The Financial Times, the offensive triggered scenes of mass slaughter, including the killing of an estimated 460 patients and their families inside El Fasher’s Saudi Maternity Hospital.
The World Health Organization condemned the killings, likening the violence to the “darkest days” of the Darfur genocide two decades ago.
Satellite Evidence and RSF Videos Reveal Executions
High-resolution satellite imagery reviewed by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab identified clusters of what appear to be human remains within the hospital compound, along with red stains indicative of blood.
Separate footage uploaded by RSF fighters and commanders further confirms atrocities.
In one clip, RSF commander Al-Fatih Abdallah Idris (Abu Lulu) is seen executing captured civilians. Human-rights advocates had previously linked him to brutal massacres in Darfur.
Analysts warn that the RSF’s own videos may constitute direct evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Hospitals Turned Into Killing Grounds
The Sudan Doctors Network accused RSF units of converting medical facilities into “human slaughterhouses.”
“They coldbloodedly killed everyone they found inside the Saudi hospital — patients, companions, and anyone in the wards,”
a spokesperson told The Financial Times.
RSF forces also captured El Fasher’s airport and military base, eliminating the Sudanese Armed Forces’ final operational foothold in Darfur.
El Fasher had served as a last refuge for large segments of the region’s Black African population — communities historically targeted by RSF militias and their Janjaweed predecessors.
Humanitarian Catastrophe Intensifies
The United Nations calls Sudan the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, with more than 14 million displaced and at least 150,000 killed since the conflict erupted in 2023.
Over 30,000 civilians fled El Fasher in recent days, according to the International Organization for Migration. UNICEF warns that 130,000 children remain trapped:
“at grave risk, trapped by shelling and fighting, with reports of abductions, killings, maiming, and sexual violence.”
International Pressure Mounts for Accountability
RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) acknowledged unspecified “transgressions” in El Fasher and announced investigative committees, calling for any unlawfully detained civilians to be released.
However, rising civilian casualties and graphic evidence circulating globally have intensified calls for independent access and war-crimes investigations.
Human-rights organizations warn that what is unfolding in El Fasher may represent one of the most severe atrocities of the Sudan war, and a continuation of the genocidal patterns long associated with RSF forces.
(PW)