While all staff and patients are safe, the strike caused damage to the building, which was already weakened by regular blasts throughout years of conflict in Yemen. The strike also created panic among patients and medical staff.
While there is no indication that MSF was targeted, such incidents are preventing and deterring patients from coming to the hospital as they fear for their lives. With every strike in its vicinity, fewer patients are coming to access care.
This strike is the latest in a pattern disrupting health care
Over the past few days, our teams in Aden and Mokha have been exposed to a series of incidents that further restrict humanitarian access and the provision of medical care to people in Yemen.
A few days ago, an MSF plane was about to take off from Aden on a routine flight when a missile hit near the airport. The plane was forced to stay on the ground and staff were told to seek shelter inside the airport.
Aden's airport is the main entry point for humanitarian workers, supplies, and medical equipment entering southern Yemen. Accessing it safely is crucial.
Humanitarian and health care workers must be protected
These incidents expose MSF and other humanitarian groups in Yemen to more danger, directly impacting our capacity to urgently reach people at a time when their needs are highest.
We reiterate our call on all parties to the conflict to ensure that humanitarian and medical workers — as well as medical facilities, patients, and access to care — be protected.
How MSF is responding in Yemen
Since September 2026, the military escalation between Ansar Allah forces (also known as the Houthis) and the internationally recognized government of Yemen has displaced more than 230,000 people from its western coast.
MSF teams are providing support at health facilities and mobile clinics in affected areas as well as places people have gathered. Our teams are witnessing the health consequences of the poor living conditions that many displaced people are facing.
Our teams are maintaining pediatric and maternal health care activities at Mokha General Hospital and continue to support a primary health care center in Khokha, 30 miles north of Mokha.
