So, this is United States policy now. To ignore the Geneva Conventions and murder civilians and non-combatants in their hospital beds.
Disgusting.
Yemeni hospital hit by Saudi-led air strike: medical aid group MSF, By Noah Browning, Reuters, Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:13pm EDT
A hospital in north Yemen run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was bombed in Saudi-led air strikes, wrecking the facility and lightly wounding two staff members, the group said on Tuesday. ... "Our hospital in the Heedan district of Saada governorate was hit several times. Fortunately, the first hit damaged the operations theater while it was empty and the staff were busy with people in the emergency room. They just had time to run off as another missile hit the maternity ward," MSF country director Hassan Boucenine told Reuters by telephone from Yemen."It could be a mistake, but the fact of the matter is it's a war crime. There's no reason to target a hospital. We provided (the coalition) with all of our GPS coordinates about two weeks ago," he said. At least two staff members were hurt by flying debris, according to Boucenine.
Airstrikes hit Doctors Without Borders clinic in Yemen, By Ashley Fantz and Lucy Pawle, CNN, 2:31 PM ET, Tue October 27, 2015 Five airstrikes hit a Doctors Without Borders health clinic in Yemen Monday, according to a spokeswoman for the nonprofit charitable organization. ... The clinic in Yemen, where a civil war is raging, is in the northwestern town of Haydan, according to Mahdawi and employees who are there.The facility, which serves a population of 200,000, was the only life-saving clinic in the region, she said. It handled 150 emergency cases each week. It had treated 3,400 injured people since May, staff said.
Earlier this year Saudi Arabia launched Operation Decisive Storm and a Saudi-led Arab coalition began launching airstrikes to curb the advance of Houthi militia who want to overthrow the government.
The Saudi-led coalition denies conducting airstrikes in the vicinity of Doctors Without Borders clinic, according to the coalition spokesman Ahmed Asseri. "Our operations were along the Saudi border, not inside the city," Asseri told CNN.
Two senior Yemen Health Ministry officials confirmed the airstrikes on the Haydan clinic. One told CNN that most of the victims treated there were ordinary civilians and that the facility treats very few families or relatives of Houthi loyalists.
Doctors Without Border's regional project coordinator Miriam Czech was not present during the airstrike, but she visited the facility in the morning and said she could still see and smell smoke. She said there are devices on the ground that appear to have not exploded, but added that she has not been able enter the facility which she described as "99% destroyed."
Yemen: MSF Hospital Destroyed by Airstrikes, Médecins Sans Frontières, October 27, 2015 (A)irstrikes occurred over a two-hour period. One staff member was slightly injured while escaping. With the hospital destroyed, at least 200,000 people now have no access to lifesaving medical care."This attack is another illustration of a complete disregard for civilians in Yemen, where bombings have become a daily routine," said Hassan Boucenine, MSF head of mission in Yemen. ... The bombing of civilians and hospitals is a violation of international humanitarian law and MSF is demanding that coalition forces explain the circumstances around the attack in Haydan. The hospital’s GPS coordinates were regularly shared with the Saudi-led coalition, and the roof of the facility was clearly identified with the MSF logo. ... "Yemen is in an all-out war, in which the population caught on the wrong side is considered a legitimate target," said Boucenine. "Markets, schools, roads, bridges, trucks transporting food, displaced persons' camps, and health structures have been bombed and destroyed. And the first victims are civilians."
MSF’s priority is to reestablish a new health facility as soon as possible, in order to maintain the provision of health care to the population of Haydan.