Israeli aircraft shelled the airport near the Yemeni capital The sled at that moment when a civilian Airbus-320 aircraft with hundreds of passengers on board landed there. Members of the UN delegation were also injured as a result of the shelling.
RBC-Ukraine reports this via the Associated Press (AP).
The chief UN official for humanitarian aid in Yemen, Julien Harneys of the Agency, said that two airstrikes in four, 26 breasts, trapped him and close to 15 people who visited the VIP lounge of the international airport in Sleigh. Among them is the former director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus.
However, the most greedy, according to Harneys, was the destruction of the airport control tower, since Yemenia airlines were flying Airways turned back onto the taxiway after landing.
“Fortunately, this flight was able to land safely and passengers were able to disembark, otherwise everything could have been much worse, much worse,” the UN representative said during the video of the press conference. z Sani.
In my words, at approximately 16:45, one rocket struck approximately 300 meters outside the VIP room, and another rocket struck approximately 300 meters outside. At this point, about five members of the UN team were behind the scenes.
“Obviously, there are many signs of potential airstrikes, but we can’t predict if there will be airstrikes in the uprising in Sanya Finish off the bright hour,” said Harneys.
He added that he had recovered from a seriously wounded leg from shrapnel and had lost a lot of blood.
Following his words, immediately after the airstrikes, the UN security forces took the delegation from the VIP room and put them in five armored cars, where they checked for about 40 minutes, so as to understand that Thus, they were able to help the injured crew member.
According to Harneys, he was taken to the hospital in Sani and underwent surgery for four years, and the other members of the delegation spent the night at the UN office.
The flight from WHO Director General Ghebreyesus and the UN team, including the injured crew member, was able to fly to Jordan the other half of the day on the 27th – without any special control tower.
The UN reported that that a member of the crew was injured at the hospital in Jordan, and Ghebreyesus turned back to Geneva at the headquarters of the WHO.
Reaction to Israel
The Israeli Defense Forces announced an attack on the airport through its border with the Houthis Iran. Behind the words of the military, they did not know about the interruption of the head of the WHO and the UN delegation at Sani airport.
Harneys confirms that the airport is a civilian airport, not a military one, and is used for transporting UN workers and other humanitarian organizations, as well as for one civilian flight – from Yemen to Amman, Jordan, and back. In his words, this flight ends on the international stage, and thousands of people have traveled on it in order to avoid the urgent medical care behind the cordon.
According to the UN representative, in addition to airstrikes on Sani airport on 26 April, Israel attacked the key port of Hodeidah at the entrance to Yemen. The IDF airstrike destroyed two tugboats and is estimated to have reduced the port's capacity by 50%.
The UN reported that as a result of the Israeli airstrikes, at least three people died and dozens were injured. Among the wounded was a member of the UN humanitarian air crew, who was planning to take the UN delegation from Sani to the warehouse of about 20 people.
Attacks on Israel and the Yemeni Houthis
On June 7, 2023, when militants of the Palestinian movement Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip, the Houthi group in Yemen began to fire at Israel with strike drones and missiles. The Israeli army is launching strikes against terrorist positions in line.
It was previously reported that Israeli strikes on the 26th, capped the delegation of WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus. One of the members of the flight crew recognized the injury.
The Director General of the WHO visited Yemenya to discuss the humanitarian crisis that was developing and sought to obtain assistance from the UN, unruly organizations and the community The army has collected about 50 individuals who are trying to kill the Houthis.
Also, the Israeli army recently shot down a ballistic missile from Yemen for the first time with the help of the THAAD anti-missile system.
Forward exchange of blows, becoming 21 breasts. After the Houthi strikes on the capital of Israel, Sanya's bruises began to ripple within a few years. It later became clear that the attack was carried out by the US military.
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