A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalatory turn” in recent weeks.

Houthis have repeatedly fired drones and missiles toward Israel in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli fire in Gaza

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.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were at Yemen's international airport in Sanaa on Thursday during Israeli air strikes which are reported to have killed at least six people. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they were about to board a plane when the attacks began.

Sana'a International Airport has not been a military target since 2016, and it's a civilian location, says UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen - Anadolu Ajansı

The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday he only narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Yemen's Huthi rebel-held capital.

Houthis have repeatedly fired drones and missiles towards Israel in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians.

The United Nations air crew member hurt in an Israeli air strike on Yemen’s main international airport Thursday sustained serious injuries and is recovering in a hospital, a World Health Organization spokesperson said Friday.

“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about intensified escalation in Yemen and Israel,” the statement added. One crew member from the UN team was injured, according to Ghebreyesu

Israel has carried out two waves of intense strikes in recent weeks in Yemen in response to the missile attacks.

General, António Guterres, condemned Thursday the recent escalation of violence between Yemen and Israel, which resulted in the deaths of at least three people and injured dozens.