Israeli attacks on the airport in Sanaa and the port of Al Hudaydah in Yemen have posed a danger to the WHO chief. The Houthi rebels accuse Israel of aggression, referencing past confrontations with Israel.

Israeli attacks on the airport in Sanaa and the port of Al Hudaydah in Yemen have posed a danger to the WHO chief. The Houthi rebels accuse Israel of aggression, recalling previous attacks on Israel.

Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he was close to the departure lounge when it was hit.

Israeli warplanes launched a new wave of airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday evening amid rising regional tensions over Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli media said. The strikes targeted several strategic sites in Yemen, including Sanaa airport and the port of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN said.

Israeli Air Force conducted strikes on military targets belonging to Houthis on the western coast and inland Yemen

An official says the Yemeni group will not stop until the war in Gaza ends, as Israel's PM says it is "just getting started".

An Israeli strike on the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on Dec. 26, killed at least four people, according to local media. Houthi attacks on Israel have ramped up in recent weeks.

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,

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.

Flights were scheduled to resume again on Friday at Sanaa international airport, officials said, a day after the airport was hit by Israeli strikes.