“Israel fired at the airport in Yemen when the UN delegation was there and a civilian plane landed: photoIsraeli aviation struck Sana’a airport when an Airbus-320 with hundreds of passengers was landing there. As a result of the attack, members of the UN delegation were injured, including the humanitarian representative.”, — write on: unn.ua
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The chief UN humanitarian official in Yemen, Julien Harneys, told the agency that two airstrikes on Thursday, December 26, hit him and about 15 other people who were in the VIP hall of the international airport in Sana’a. Among them was the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus.
However, the most horrific incident, Harneys said, was the collapse of the airport’s control tower when a Yemenia Airways plane was taxiing after landing.
Fortunately, this plane was able to land safely and the passengers were able to exit, but things could have been much, much worse
According to him, around 4:45 p.m. local time, one missile hit about 300 meters south of the VIP hall, and the other – about 300 meters to the north.
At that moment, about five members of the UN team were outside the building.
Obviously, not only did we not have any signs of potential airstrikes, but we can’t remember the last time there were daylight airstrikes in Sana’a
He added that he suffered a serious shrapnel wound in his leg and lost a lot of blood.
According to him, immediately after the airstrikes, UN Security Service personnel took the delegation out of the VIP building and put them in five armored cars, where they waited for about 40 minutes to find out what happened and were able to provide assistance to the injured crew member.
According to Harneys, he was taken to a hospital in Sana’a and operated on for four hours, while the rest of the delegation spent the night at the UN premises.
The plane carrying WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus and the UN team, including an injured crew member, was able to depart for Jordan in the afternoon of December 27 – without a working control tower.
It is noted that the UN reported that the injured crew member was taken to a hospital in Jordan, and Gebreisus returned to Geneva to the WHO headquarters.
We will remind
The Israeli Air Force attacked Sana’a airport and the port of Hodeidah in Yemen in response to missile fire. The strikes targeted infrastructure facilities, including power plants, after the Houthis attacked central Israel.