WHO chief 'escaped death narrowly' in Yemen airport attack
Dec 28, 2024 · 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.
WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli …
Dec 28, 2024 · 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 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.
Israeli Airstrikes Hit a Yemen Airport as a Jet with Hundreds …
Dec 29, 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 ...
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 ...
Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa airport, Hodeidah power plant
Dec 26, 2024 · The attacks on Sanaa airport and Hodeidah power station were also reported by Al Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by the Houthis.. The outlet said two people were killed in the ...
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 ...
World Health Organization head caught in Israeli bombing of Yemen airport
Dec 27, 2024 · 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 on the facility ...
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...