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,

Israeli airstrikes targeted Sanaa's international airport and other locations in Yemen. Israel termed the attacks as 'military targets'

As we were about to board our flight from Sana’a, about two hours ago, the airport came under aerial bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was injured,' says Tedros - Anadolu Ajansı

Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he was close to the departure lounge when it was hit.

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.

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.

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 tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says blasts that rocked building were so deafening that his ears were still ringing more than a day later

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.

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.Otherwise, if the missile deviated just slightly,

General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.