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Emboldened by the results of 14 months of regional war, and backed by the U.S., Israel has steadily intensified its bombing attacks against Yemen. On Thursday, Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital and the port of Hodeidah, targeting Sana’a International Airport with four airstrikes just one day after the Houthis targeted Tel Aviv and Ashkelon. The Israeli attacks destroyed the air traffic control tower, while damaging the runway and arrival lounge, where dozens of passengers were awaiting a flight to Amman.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Yemen, Julien Harneis, were at the airport leaving Yemen when it “came under aerial bombardment,” Ghebreyesus wrote in a post. “One of our plane’s crew members was injured. At least two people were reported killed at the airport. The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged,” he said.
Another airstrike south of the capital and one in the port city of Hodeidah targeted major power stations. In total, the attacks killed six people and wounded 40 others, according to the Sana’a government.
