• Drone strikes in El-Fasher have left at least 60 dead, targeting a displacement shelter.
• The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has intensified attacks in a city besieged for 17 months.
• Activists describe the situation as a severe humanitarian disaster, with civilians trapped.
• UN officials have condemned the RSF's actions, highlighting repeated attacks on civilians.

A recent drone strike in the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher has reportedly killed at least 60 people, with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) responsible for the attack on a displacement shelter and university grounds. Witness accounts and reports from local activists indicate a brutal escalation in violence as the RSF continues its assault on the city, which is the last major stronghold of the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces in North Darfur, severely impacting civilians seeking refuge there, according to aljazeera, bbc, trtglobal, and lemonde.

The explosion reportedly hit the Dar al-Arqam displacement camp, described by local resistance committees as an act of cold-blooded murder, with many victims being children, women, and the elderly. The humanitarian situation in El-Fasher has turned dire, with ongoing assaults leading to a state of "disaster and genocide," they stated, echoing the sentiments of observers and humanitarian organizations about the chaos unfolding in the region, according to bbc, trtglobal, and lemonde.

Residents of El-Fasher, with a population mostly trapped under siege, face critical shortages of food, medical supplies, and shelter. This plight has been compounded by a lack of humanitarian access as well as recurring bombardments that forced many families into makeshift underground bunkers. The UN has also expressed alarm over the RSF's actions, including recent attacks that appear aimed at ethnically motivated mass killings, which have significantly worsened the humanitarian crisis in the region, according to aljazeera, trtglobal, and lemonde.

According to local sources, El-Fasher has become akin to an "open-air morgue," where ongoing violence exacerbates hunger and disease among a civilian population of around 400,000. As aid and resources dwindle, the situation is deteriorating; more than a million people have reportedly fled the city since the onset of the conflict nearly two years ago, leaving it with a significantly reduced population now struggling to survive, as detailed by bbc, trtglobal, and lemonde.