Swiss ‘shocked’ at targeting of hospitals

The Swiss foreign ministry has expressed its ‘shock’ at the recent military attacks against hospitals in war zones, while carefully sidestepping who is to blame. In recent months, bombs and airstrikes have reportedly destroyed hospitals in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan.  “The Swiss foreign ministry is shocked about the number of recent attacks on hospitals in war zones and expresses its sympathy to the victims and affected organisations like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF),” the ministry said in a statement on Thursday, without explicitly naming affected countries.  On October 27, MSF said airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition targeting rebels in Yemen had destroyed a small hospital it runs in the northern province of Saada, although there were no deaths and only one injury. The Saudi ambassador to the United Nations later denied the charges.  The international medical charity has faced a number of other strikes in recent weeks. On October 3, US gunships bombed an MSF ...