The pinnacle of the World Well being Group (WHO) says a colleague who was injured when lethal Israeli strikes hit an airport in Yemen has been evacuated to Jordan.
Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in Sanaa airport ready to board a flight when it got here beneath Israeli bombardment.
The UN air crew member suffered severe accidents within the assault, the WHO stated, and was recovering in hospital.
Mr Ghebreyesus stated on Friday that they’d now been evacuated to Jordan, the place they’ll obtain additional remedy.
They’d been within the Yemeni capital to “negotiate for the release of detained colleagues”, he stated.
He added: “Attacks on civilians and humanitarians must stop, everywhere.”
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Israel’s navy stated it had hit a number of targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi motion in Yemen on Thursday – together with Sanaa Worldwide Airport and three ports alongside the western coast.
Assaults hit Yemen’s Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib energy stations in addition to navy infrastructure within the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Kanatib, Israel’s navy added.
Houthi rebels have since fired a missile at Israel, which was intercepted by its air defences on Friday.
