WHO chief says he 'escaped death narrowly' in Yemen airport attack

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recounted feeling "completely exposed" during the attack, which killed at least six, in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

He and other UN staff had been leaving Sanaa, in western Yemen, on Thursday following a trip to negotiate the release of UN detainees and assess the humanitarian situation in the country when the airport was hit.

Israel's military said it carried out "intelligence-based strikes on military targets" belonging to Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

"It was very chaotic, you know, people were in disarray and running everywhere," Dr Tedros said on Saturday.

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