UN health chief at Yemen airport during Israeli strikes
Air strikes have been reported in two cities in Yemen. Witnesses and governing Houthi rebels said the country's main international airport and a military base were targeted in the capital Sanaa, while a power station in the western port city of Hudaydah was also hit, the AFP news agency reported.
WHO chief and UN team caught up in Israeli strikes that killed six in Yemen
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 Iran-backed Houthis said in a statement where it vowed to retaliate.
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The strike hit while a U.N. delegation was present. Three people died, according to Houthi-controlled media, and a World Food Program-contracted worker was hurt.
Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen’s capital while the WHO chief says he was meters away
A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa,
Head of WHO was at Yemen airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes
Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, says one of his plane’s crew members was injured.
Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen, airport hit as WHO chief boards flight
The head of the World Health Organization said he was about to board a flight in the Yemeni capital when the airport came under bombardment.
Live Briefing: Israel strikes airport, ports in Yemen
The strikes on the Sanaa International Airport, power stations and ports in Yemen targeted Houthi military infrastructure, the Israeli military said.
WHO says crew member suffered serious injury in Yemen airport strike
The U.N. air crew member hurt in an air strike on Yemen's main international airport on Thursday suffered serious injuries but is now recovering in hospital, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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