In a series of attacks against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, Israel launched an airstrike on Yemen’s main airport a day earlier, and the president of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday he was unsure if he would live.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus claimed that the blasts that shook the facility were so loud that his ears were still ringing over a day after his encounter at the Sanaa International Airport on Thursday. Tedros claimed that after about four explosions, one of which occurred “alarmingly” close to where he was seated near the departure lounge, it soon became clear that the airport was being attacked. He described people “running in disarray” through the area.
Since it was only a few meters away from where we were, I wasn’t really sure if I could survive,” he told Reuters. “A direct strike might have been the outcome of a small deviance.
Tedros claimed that for the next hour or so, he and his coworkers were stranded at the airport as what he believed to be drones buzzed overhead, raising fears that they may reopen fire. He and his colleagues observed missile fragments among the rubble, he claimed.
“There was no shelter. Nothing. You’re just waiting for anything to happen, so you’re exposed,” he added. After the Houthis repeatedly sent drones and missiles toward Israel in what they claim were gestures of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, Israel launched its strikes on Yemen.
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