WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli …
Dec 28, 2024 · The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he and his United Nations colleagues "escaped death narrowly" at Yemen's main airport when Israeli airstrikes targeted ...
WHO chief '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.
Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director …
Dec 26, 2024 · Our mission to negotiate the release of the United Nations staff detainees and to assess the health and humanitarian situation in Yemen concluded today. We continue to call for the detainees' immediate release.
Head of WHO was in Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes, with …
Dec 26, 2024 · As we've been reporting, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was at the airport in Sanaa when it was struck by Israel.
WHO chief says he was metres away from Israeli attack on Yemen …
Dec 27, 2024 · Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X that he was just metres away from the attack on Sanaa airport on Thursday. “As we were about to board our flight from Sanaa … the airport came ...
WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport when it was hit by deadly ...
Dec 26, 2024 · Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was about to board a flight from Sanaa International Airport when "the airport came under aerial bombardment". The Israeli military said it also struck other targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.
UN chief condemns escalation in Yemen as airstrikes hit Sana’a …
Dec 26, 2024 · A high-level UN delegation, led by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was at the airport when the strikes occurred, following discussions on...
UN health chief at Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes - BBC
Dec 26, 2024 · WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they were about to board a plane when the attacks began. Houthi-run Saba news agency said three people were killed at the airport and 30...
‘I saw the blood on the tarmac’: top UN official in Yemen recounts ...
Dec 27, 2024 · Fresh details of the Israeli airstrike on Sana’a airport, which occurred as Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) was preparing to fly out of the country, have been provided by Julien Harneis, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.
World Health Organization chief caught in Israeli bombing of Yemen
Dec 27, 2024 · World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike on the facility ...