Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.
Vantage with Palki Sharma Israel conducted multiple airstrikes on Yemen on Thursday. The strikes hit the international airport in Sanaa, 3 ports and 2 power stations. At least 6 people died in the attacks.
World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been suffering from tinnitus since he and his team were caught up in an Israeli air strike in Yemen, the top global health official said on Wednesday.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was about to board his plane when the airport was hit. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations staff were at Yemen's main airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes, killing three people and injuring many others.
The leader of the World Health Organization, WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said he narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Yemen’s Huthi rebel-held capital. Speaking to BBC radio,
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.
Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he was close to the departure lounge when it was hit.
Israeli airstrikes targeted Sanaa's international airport and other locations in Yemen. Israel termed the attacks as 'military targets'
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.
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.
General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says blasts that rocked building were so deafening that his ears were still ringing more than a day later