Sudan's warring factions should halt fighting in which hundreds of civilians have been reported killed, including 460 in a hospital, since paramilitaries captured El-Fasher, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Wednesday.

The Sudanese army-aligned government, meanwhile, accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting mosques and Red Crescent aid workers in the city, where Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab said satellite images showed evidence of "continuing mass killing".

The WHO said it "is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of more than 460 patients and companions at Saudi Maternity Hospital in El-Fasher... following recent attacks and the abduction of health workers," its chief, Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, posted on X.

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