Overview
- A military jet bombed Mrauk-U General Hospital late on Dec. 10, leaving 31 dead and 68 wounded, according to on-site aid worker Wai Hun Aung.
- The Arakan Army’s health department said ten patients were killed instantly, and images from the scene showed the facility in ruins with bodies outside.
- A junta spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment following the strike on the hospital in Rakhine state.
- Conflict monitors say air operations have increased each year since the 2021 coup, with the military relying more on strikes against rebel-held areas.
- The attack follows a Dec. 5 strike on a Sagaing tea shop that killed at least 18, as the military pushes for Dec. 28 polls that rebels, including the Arakan Army, have pledged to obstruct.