Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, leader of the World Health Organization, WHO, Tedros has made public his near death encounter at the airport in Yemen’s Huthi rebel-held capital.
The WHO leader told BBC radio that his ears still rings after he narrowly escaped death following Thursday’s Isreali’s strikes.
On Thursday, Israeli air strikes hit Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen.
The attacks against what Israel’s military described as rebel military targets marked the second time since December 19 that Israel has hit targets in Yemen after rebel missile fire towards Israel.
Explaining his ordeal, the UN Chief said he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa and
“We heard a heavy explosion nearby, and then I think repeated. The sound was so, so loud… So deafening, actually. Still my ear rings. It’s already more than 24 hours now. I don’t know if it affected my ear. The explosion was so heavy.
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“It was the departure lounge next to us that was hit, and later on the control tower.
“It was very chaotic. People were in disarray and running everywhere and no shelter: we were completely exposed.
“It’s a matter of luck. Otherwise, if the missile deviated just slightly, it could have been on our heads… my colleague actually said after all that, we escaped death narrowly,”.
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