During Thursday's Israeli airstrike on Sana'a airport, missiles landed “meters” from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yemen. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on social networks that he and his colleagues are safe.
Houthi rebels said on Thursday that Israel had fired on targets in Sana'a and the Yemeni port of Hodeidah. Reuters, in turn, noted that the Houthis have been shelling Israel in recent days. The Israeli army said that in addition to the military infrastructure of the Houthis in Sana'a and Hodeidah, it also attacked targets in ports and other energy facilities. In recent days, the American army has also bombarded Yemeni targets. On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “the Houthis will learn the same lesson as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Assad regime.”
Israel bombed Sana'a airport. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB
The head of the WHO came under fire at the airport
The shelling of targets in Sana'a began when Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, an employee of the World Health Organization, was about to board a plane. “The air traffic control tower, the runway – just a few meters from our location – and the runway were damaged,” Ghebreyesus said on social media, adding that he and his WHO colleagues were safe.
Ghebreyesus also reported that one of the crew members of the plane he was supposed to be on was injured. He also expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the attack.
The head of the World Health Organization and his colleagues will have to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired.
Three people died
The Israeli attacks occurred during the speech of the leader of the Houthis, Abdul al-Malik al-Houthi, writes the Times of Israel website. Al Masira TV, the main channel of the Houthis, said that three people were killed in the attacks. Since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, the Houthis have fired in solidarity with commercial ships passing near its coast in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
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