World Health Organization chief caught in Israeli bombing of Yemen
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.
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.
On Friday, the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported that the rebels' forces had targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The Israel Defense Forces and a spokesperson for the airport said they were not aware of the incident.
Israel attacked multiple targets in Yemen on Thursday, including the Sanaa International Airport, marking a major escalation in a mounting conflict with Iran-backed Houthi rebel forces there and as it ended the year locked in a multifront war across the Middle East.
Israeli forces launched the attack on Sanaa International Airport amid a mounting exchange of fire with the Houthis, with the Israeli military intercepting a missile launched from Yemen on Wednesday that injured multiple people. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it had received reports of around nine people injured, according to Reuters.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Fabrice Coffrini / AFP via Getty Images fileGhebreyesus said he and other WHO colleagues were preparing to board a flight just "meters" away from the area Israel hit.
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