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WHO chief says he was metres away from Israeli attack on Yemen airport

Smoke rises from the area around the international airport in Sanaa following an Israeli air attack [Osamah Abdulrahman/AP Photo]

A wave of Israeli air attacks hit Yemen’s main airport just as the World Health Organization’s director-general said he was about to board a flight there, wounding one of the United Nations plane’s crew, the WHO chief has said.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X that he was just metres away from the attack on Sanaa airport on Thursday.

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