At least ten civilians, including five to seven children and one woman, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Nour Children’s Hospital and civilian homes in the town of Taftanaz, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources.
Edlib Media Center initially reported “four martyrs: three children and a man, as a result of military aircraft targeting the town of Taftnaz with rockets.”
The death toll quickly raised, with the Syrian Network for Human Rights reporting that “at least 11 civilians, including four children and a woman, were killed as Syrian regime warplanes fired missiles on the vicinity of Al Nour Children Hospital in the west of Taftanaz town in Idlib governorate northern suburbs, on June 10, 2018.” Orient News reported that the air raids also targeted civilian homes.
According to Shorouk News, a source in the Syrian Civil Defence stated that six people were killed and that more than 25 were wounded in an initial toll. @HadiAlabdallah reported “dozens of wounded.” @SyriaCivilDefe tweeted that their teams were recovering the bodies of victims and evacuating the wounded.
The Violations Documentation Center of Syria reported the names of nine victims and posted a photo of an unidentified male. Six of the victims were part of the Al Sattouf family, among which Abd Al Rahman Ahmad Al Sattouf and his wife Shaimaa Abdullah Al Sheikh, two girls that were nieces of Abd Al Rahman Al Sattouf and two boys.
Morek City reported that “the twins of Jubran Al Sattouf” were also killed. It is, however, possible that one of the victims who the VDC identified as Shahed Jobran Al Sattouf (7) or Ghalia Jobran Al Sattouf (2) died alongside their twin sibling.
Syrian Reporter wrote that Al Nour Children’s Hospital was severely damaged and out of order after “three Russian aviation raids”.
Nearly all sources blamed the Syrian regime, but the Local Coordination Committees of Syria blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia, while Syrian Reporter blamed Russia.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
