WHO says UN air crew member seriously injured during Israeli strike on Yemen airport

The UN air crew member hurt in an Israeli air strike on Yemen’s main airport yesterday suffered serious injuries but is now recovering in hospital, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization says.

Israeli warplanes struck Houthi forces in Yemen in response to repeated ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel which have ramped up in recent weeks.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in the airport waiting to depart when the aerial bombardment took place and said that a member of his plane’s crew was injured.

The injured man worked for the UN Humanitarian Air Service, the WHO spokesperson says.

The Israeli strikes followed days of increasingly bellicose threats from Israeli leaders vowing to decimate the Iran-backed terror group after near-daily attacks, most recently, overnight.