The al-Kahf surgical hospital in Kafrbatna, rural Damascus, was bombed twice by war planes today, killing three members of its staff and destroying a large part of the building, causing the hospital to completely stop functioning.
The hospital had been subjected to an air strike, after which the civil defence team arrived to rescue the injured. The hospital was then subjected to a second strike, which injured members of the civil defence rescue team.
War planes also targeted residential areas in the city with five air strikes.
Among those killed in al-Kahf Hospital were:
1- Izideen Inaya (a nurse)
2- Abdul Rahman al-Reihani (Managing Director of the Hospital)