WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli …
6 days ago · Video of the airport shows U.N. officials trying to spirit Tedros to safety. Israel's military said the attack was aimed at infrastructure used by Yemen's Houthi rebels and Iran.
WHO chief 'escaped death narrowly' in Yemen airport attack
6 days ago · The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he and his colleagues "escaped death narrowly" while being caught up in an Israeli air strike on an airport in Yemen.
Head of WHO was in Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes, with …
26 December: Israel launches air strikes on Yemen, targeting the international airport in Sanaa, an air base, power stations and ports. At least three people are killed and 14 others injured,...
Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds …
Dec 27, 2024 · UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting to leave, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in Yemen said Friday.. Julien Harneis told U.N. reporters that the most frightening thing about the two airstrikes on Thursday wasn’t their effect on him and about 15 ...
WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport when it was hit by ... - Sky News
Dec 26, 2024 · Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was about to board a flight from Sanaa International Airport when "the airport came under aerial bombardment". The Israeli military said it also struck other targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.
Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director …
Dec 26, 2024 · Our mission to negotiate the release of the United Nations staff detainees and to assess the health and humanitarian situation in Yemen concluded today. We continue to call for the detainees' immediate release. As we were about to board our flight from Sana’a, about three hours ago (around 5 pm local time), the airport came under aerial bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was ...
WHO chief says he was metres away from Israeli attack on Yemen airport
Dec 27, 2024 · The Houthi-controlled Saba news agency said that three people were killed in the strikes on the airport and another three were killed after Israel hit the key port city of Hodeidah, while 40 ...
UN health chief at Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes - BBC
Dec 26, 2024 · The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were at Yemen's international airport in Sanaa on Thursday during Israeli air strikes which are reported to have killed at...
Israel Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen, Hitting Airport and Ports
Dec 26, 2024 · The Israeli military’s attack in Yemen on Thursday targeted not just the airport in Sana, a Houthi stronghold, but also the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations.
UN chief condemns escalation in Yemen as airstrikes hit Sana’a Airport …
Dec 26, 2024 · The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the deadly escalation between Yemen and Israel, following Israeli airstrikes that reportedly killed at least three people, injured dozens, and...