Israeli airstrikes targeted Sanaa's international airport and other locations in Yemen. Israel termed the attacks as 'military targets'

General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was about to board his plane when the airport was hit. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations staff were at Yemen's main airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes, killing three people and injuring many others.

Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he was close to the departure lounge when it was hit.

Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more, the Houthi militant group said in a statement.

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.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike.

The head of the World Health Organization said he narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Houthi rebel-held Sanaa.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says blasts that rocked building were so deafening that his ears were still ringing more than a day later

The WHO Director-General said the explosions that rocked the building were so deafening that his ears were still ringing more than a day later.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told BBC radio his ears were still ringing following Thursday's attack as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, and stressed that the protection for civilian installations under international law must be respected.