Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has condemned the storming of a hospital it supports in the Yemeni city of Taiz, central Yemen. The storming incident was carried out by gunmen who liquidated a wounded patient who was receiving treatment from earlier clashes. They entered the ER of al-Thawra General Hospital in Taiz, shot and killed a patient, local and medical sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Sources said clashes erupted on Monday evening between soldiers from the 170th Air Defense Brigade and the 17th Infantry Brigade in Taiz, caused by the dispute over a piece of land. They resulted in the killing of at least three soldiers from both sides and the injury of others. In a series of tweets, MAS said multiple armed intrusions have occurred in Al-Thawra Hospital over the past twelve months, ignoring repeated calls for humanitarian spaces to be respected. “Pledges made to ensure the protection and safety of the medical facilities and patients in Taiz need to be upheld,” it stressed. “This total disregard of the humanitarian and medical nature of hospitals and health facilities is unacceptable. Armed intrusions into hospitals need to end.” MSF reiterated its call on all armed individuals and security personnel to respect health facilities as humanitarian spaces and ensure medical staff, patients, and caregivers are protected. It pointed out that this is the second incident in the past three months. While the city is witnessing protests over the delay in paying education sector employees their December salaries, Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan said it was due to the security situation in the temporary capital of Aden. This situation has impeded the transfer of cash to Taiz, he said, noting that the problem is to be resolved within the next few days. Shamsan met with representatives of the professional and labor unions and discussed with them this issue, according to official sources. “The local authority is working hard and has held dozens of meetings with relevant government agencies to confirm continued payment of salaries,” sources quoted the government as saying.