‘Disrespecting UN’ – WHO Chief was at Sanaa Airport when Israeli Warplanes Struck 

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Photo: via WAFA)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

“We explicit our beardown condemnation of this violent transgression and telephone connected the United Nations and each applicable organizations to criminalize specified acts that contradict planetary principles and laws.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) Chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, was astir to committee his formation astatine the Sanaa International Airport connected Thursday erstwhile Israeli airstrikes targeted the site.

Two airdrome employees were killed and the adjunct to the UN plane’s skipper was injured successful the attack, according to the Ansarallah movement, affiliated with the Yemeni Armed Forces.

Our ngo to negociate the merchandise of @UN unit detainees and to measure the wellness and humanitarian concern successful #Yemen concluded today. We proceed to telephone for the detainees' contiguous release.

As we were astir to committee our formation from Sana’a, astir 2 hours ago, the airport… pic.twitter.com/riZayWHkvf

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 26, 2024

“As we were astir to committee our formation from Sana’a, astir 2 hours ago, the airdrome came nether aerial bombardment,” Ghebreyesus said connected X, adding that “One of our plane’s unit members was injured.”

“The aerial postulation power tower, the departure lounge — conscionable a fewer meters from wherever we were — and the runway were damaged,” helium said.

‘American Barbarism’

Ansarallah’s Foreign Minister, Jamal Amer, said the “timing of the airdrome strike” portion the WHO Chief was preparing to permission was “disrespecting the United Nations, particularly since the adjunct skipper of the UN level was injured and taken to the hospital,” successful summation to the 2 airdrome employees who were killed.

ان توقيت ضرب المطار فيما ممثل الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة الدكتور تيدروس والمنسق المقيم في صنعاء يستعدان للمغادرة يعد استهدافاً واستخفافا بالأمم المتحدة خاصة وقد اصيب مساعد كابتن الطائرة الأممية وتم نقله الى المستشفى
بالاضافة الى شهيدين من موظفي المطار ندعو لهما بالرحمة

— Gamal amerجمال عامر (@gamalmr49) December 26, 2024

“We explicit our beardown condemnation of this violent transgression and telephone connected the United Nations and each applicable organizations to criminalize specified acts that contradict planetary principles and laws,” stated Amer.

The latter, helium continued, “become crippled and ineffective successful the look of the tyranny of American barbarism led by” Biden and his “ally Israel.”

Israel besides bombed the larboard of Hodeidah, with Yemeni media reporting that the decease toll had risen to 3 on with 11 injuries.

Several Sites Targeted

The Ansarallah-affiliated Al-Masirah channel, cited by the Anadolu quality agency, said fatalities successful the onslaught connected the airdrome had risen to 3 with 16 injuries, portion the onslaught connected Ras Isa lipid larboard successful Al-Hudaydah resulted successful 1 decease and 3 radical went missing.

Anadolu besides cited the Israeli nationalist broadcaster KAN arsenic saying that the airstrikes successful Yemen targeted respective strategical sites, including Sanaa airdrome and the larboard of Al-Hudaydah successful occidental Yemen.

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Israel’s Channel 12 said powerfulness stations were targeted successful the attacks, without providing further details.

According to Israeli Channel 13, dozens of Israeli combatant jets took portion successful the attacks, which coincided with a televised code by Ansarallah person Abdel-Malik al-Houthi.

US Notified

KAN said the US was notified earlier the motorboat of the attacks, Anadolu reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a informing connected Wednesday, saying: “They volition larn the aforesaid lessons arsenic Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime, and others, adjacent if it takes time.”

Ansarallah has targeted Israel, arsenic good arsenic Israeli-linked shipping and naval vessels successful the Red Sea, successful solidarity with the Palestinian radical successful the Gaza Strip, wherever Israel’s ongoing genocidal cognition has killed much than 45,000 radical since October past year.

The US and UK person besides been bombing targets successful Yemen.

Staggering Death Toll

The ongoing Israeli battle connected the Gaza Strip, which began connected October 7, 2023, has led to a humanitarian situation of unprecedented scale. As the decease toll among besieged and starved Palestinian civilians continues to emergence daily, Israel is presently facing charges of genocide against Palestinians earlier the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, astatine slightest 45,436 Palestinians person been killed, and 108,038 wounded successful Israel’s ongoing genocide successful Gaza starting connected October 7, 2023. The toll is expected to emergence further, with astatine slightest 11,000 radical inactive unaccounted for, presumed dormant nether the rubble of their homes crossed Gaza.

The Israeli service stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital aft besieging it and issuing evacuation orders. Hundreds of wounded, patients, doctors and nurses are successful the infirmary and their destiny is unknown.

Contact was mislaid with aesculapian and journalistic crews and the wounded wrong Kamal… pic.twitter.com/zN75oC75UN

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 27, 2024

The war, which Palestinians telephone “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” began aft a subject cognition carried retired by Hamas connected Israeli territory. Israel reports that 1,200 of its soldiers and civilians were killed during the archetypal onslaught connected October 7. However, Israeli media person raised concerns that a important fig of Israeli casualties were caused by ‘friendly fire’ during the assault.

Humanitarian Crisis

Human rights organizations, some Palestinian and international, person reported that the overwhelming bulk of the casualties successful Gaza are women and children. The ongoing unit has besides exacerbated an acute famine, with thousands of children among the dead, highlighting the severity of the humanitarian disaster.

‘No Food, No Water’ – UNRWA Warns Besieged successful Northern Gaza ‘Will Die of Hunger’

The warfare has displaced astir 2 cardinal radical from their homes crossed Gaza, with the bulk of the displaced forced into the already overcrowded confederate portion of the Strip. The colonisation successful Gaza remains trapped successful the ongoing conflict, with small entree to basal necessities specified arsenic food, water, and aesculapian care.

(PC, Anadolu)