WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli …
4 days ago · The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he and his United Nations colleagues "escaped death narrowly" at Yemen's main airport when Israeli airstrikes targeted ...
WHO chief 'escaped death narrowly' in Yemen airport attack
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.
Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director …
Dec 26, 2024 · Our mission to negotiate the release of the United Nations staff detainees and to assess the health and humanitarian situation in Yemen concluded today. We continue to call for the detainees' immediate release.
WHO chief at Yemen airport during deadly Israeli air strike
6 days ago · 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.. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was about to board his plane Thursday when the airport "came under aerial bombardment," he posted on …
WHO chief says he was metres away from Israeli attack on Yemen …
6 days ago · Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X that he was just metres away from the attack on Sanaa airport on Thursday. “As we were about to board our flight from Sanaa … the airport came ...
World Health Organization chief caught in Israeli bombing of Yemen
6 days ago · World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike on the facility ...
UN health chief at Yemen airport during Israeli air strikes - BBC
Dec 26, 2024 · WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they were about to board a plane when the attacks began. Houthi-run Saba news agency said three people were killed at the airport and 30...
‘I saw the blood on the tarmac’: top UN official in Yemen recounts ...
6 days ago · Fresh details of the Israeli airstrike on Sana’a airport, which occurred as Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) was preparing to fly out of the country, have been provided by Julien Harneis, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.
WHO chief says he’s safe after Israeli bombardment of Yemen’s …
Dec 26, 2024 · WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was about to board a flight at Sanaa airport when the facility came under Israeli bombardment. PHOTO: REUTERS. GENEVA – The head of the World Health...
WHO chief says he’s safe after Israel strikes Yemen capital’s airport
Dec 26, 2024 · The head of the World Health Organization, who was at the Sanaa airport in Yemen amid an Israeli bombardment on Thursday, said there was damage to infrastructure but he remained safe.