Dr Tedros told the BBC his team 'escaped death narrowly'

An advanced U.S. military anti-missile system was used in Israel to try to intercept a projectile for the first time since President Joe Biden placed the system in Israel in October, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Tens of thousands of protesters joined a weekly demonstration in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Friday to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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.

In response, Houthi forces targeted Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a hypersonic missile early Friday morning, the Houthis said in a statement. The missile was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

Israel has banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accused six of its Gaza reporters of being militants. The Qatar-based broadcaster denies the allegations and accuses Israel of trying to silence its war coverage, which has focused heavily on civilian casualties from Israeli military operations.

Israel's army detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza as overnight strikes in the enclave killed nine people including children, Palestinian medical officials said,

By bnm Gulf bureau Yemen's Houthi armed forces claimed a “successful” ballistic missile strike on Israel's Nevatim air base on December 28, while simultaneously facing renewed US and British airstrikes on multiple targets across the country,

Tedros, who was at Sanaa airport to board a flight, criticised Israel's lack of respect for international law after it struck the facility, killing 4 people.

From the largest war in Europe since World War II continuing in Ukraine to a series of escalations upending the Middle East, 2024 saw many powers rise and fall.