Israeli airstrikes targeted Sanaa's international airport and other sites in Yemen, resulting in three fatalities. The attacks followed a recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed Huthi rebels.
Israel i air strikes pummeled Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on December 26, leaving three people dead, a day after the latest attacks on Israel by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Israel i air strikes pummeled Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, with Huthi rebel media reporting six deaths.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media he was at the airport during the strike, adding that'one of our plane's crew members was injured'. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether they were aware of his presence at the time. The strikes targeting the airport, military facilities and power stations in rebel areas follow rising hostilities between Israel and the Huthis, part of Iran's'axis of resistance' alliance against Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel's strikes would'continue until the job is done'. 'We are determined to cut this branch of terrorism from the Iranian axis of evil,' he said in a video statement. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday denounced the'escalation' in hostilities between Israel and the Huthis, saying the strikes on the Sanaa airport were'especially alarming'. Tedros, who was in Yemen to seek the release of detained UN staff and assess the humanitarian situation in war-torn Yemen, said he and his team were about to board their flight when'the airport came under aerial bombardment'.'We will need to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before we can leave,' he added. The rebel-held capital's airport was struck by'more than six' attacks, with raids also targeting the adjacent Al-Dailami air base, a witness told AF
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