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WHO Chief Says Narrowly Escaped Death In Israeli Strikes On Yemen Airport

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was visiting Yemen as part of a mission to seek the release of detained UN staff and assess the health and humanitarian situations (Credit: AFP)

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.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told BBC radio his ears were still ringing following Thursday's attack as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, and stressed that the protection for civilian installations under international law must be respected.

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