World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike.

The World Health Organization’s director-general said airstrikes on Yemen’s main airport occurred as he was about to board a flight in the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa

Israeli air strikes hit Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday as the head of the WHO said he and his team prepared to fly out.

General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.

The US military fired multiple strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the latest escalation against the Iran-backed terror group plaguing the Red Sea.

Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in Sanaa airport waiting to board a flight when it came under Israeli bombardment.

The head of the World Health Organization said he was about to board a flight in the Yemeni capital when the airport came under bombardment.

Israeli airstrikes struck multiple targets inside Yemen on Thursday, including its international airport. The head of the United Nations' World Health Organization was inside during the attack. Also on Thursday in Gaza,

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida, and the World Health Organization’s director ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured.

Israel carried out attacks on targets in Yemen on Thursday, including an airport where the head of the World Health Organization was at the time of the deadly strike on the facility. NBC’s Raf Sanchez reports for TODAY.

Human rights groups have reported on cases of alleged torture and ill-treatment of medical staff from Gaza in Israeli detention.