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

Israeli air strikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers was landing and a United Nations delegation was waiting to leave, the UN’s top humanitarian official in Yemen has said.

IDF confirms strikes on capital, port infrastructure in response to recent assaults on Israel, as PM vows to keep up attacks; WHO chief, in the country, says he was nearly struck