Syrian opposition fighters launching rockets on government held-parts in the contested city of Aleppo on Tuesday struck a hospital, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, a hospital official says.
(FOX)- Syrian state TV said one of the rockets hit the Dubeet hospital in the central neighborhood of Muhafaza.
“Shells and mortar rounds are raining down on every neighborhood in Aleppo,” Aleppo-based health official Mohammad Hazouri, speaking from Al-Razi hospital, told The Associated Press. He said four people were killed and more than 30 wounded in Dubeet hospital alone, adding that half the casualties at the hospital were women and children.
Syrian state TV said dozens of people were killed and wounded in the hospital attack, but did not give a breakdown of the casualties.
The Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV that has reporters in the government-held parts of Aleppo showed damage on both sides of the street in front of the hospital, which also appeared heavily damaged.
Cars in the street were scorched and some were turned over. The shops on the other side of the street showed moderate damage as smoke still climbed out of the wreckage.
Hazouri said the rebel bombardment of government-held parts of the city on Tuesday killed a total of 12 people and wounded more than 70.