A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalatory turn” in recent weeks.
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Israeli Airstrikes Hit a Yemen Airport as a Jet With Hundreds Onboard Was Landing, UN Official Says
Israeli airstrikes in Yemen, including Sana’a airport, 'alarming': UN chief
Moment Israeli strike hits Yemen airport tower, UN pilot injured
Footage shown on Yemen news channel Al Masirah showed the moment a Sana'a airport tower was hit by an Israeli strike. The footage also showed tarmac footage, allegedly showing a United Nations pilot being injured during the strike.
Houthis have repeatedly fired drones and missiles toward Israel in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli fire in Gaza
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 Houthi militant group said in a statement.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were at Yemen's international airport in Sanaa on Thursday during Israeli air strikes which are reported to have killed at least six people. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they were about to board a plane when the attacks began.
Sana'a International Airport has not been a military target since 2016, and it's a civilian location, says UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen - Anadolu Ajansı
The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday he only narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Yemen's Huthi rebel-held capital.
The United Nations air crew member hurt in an Israeli air strike on Yemen’s main international airport Thursday sustained serious injuries and is recovering in a hospital, a World Health Organization spokesperson said Friday.
“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about intensified escalation in Yemen and Israel,” the statement added. One crew member from the UN team was injured, according to Ghebreyesu
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations issued on Monday what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they otherwise risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas,
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus narrowly escaped an Israeli airstrike on Yemen's Sanaa Airport, recounting the chaos, casualties, and fear during his mission to address Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.
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