Israel i airstrikes hit rebel-held Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said he and his team prepared to fly out. Yemen 's civil aviation authority said the airport planned to reopen on Friday after the strikes that it said occurred while the United Nations agency's aircraft was getting ready for its scheduled flight.
'The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether they knew at the time that WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was there. Israel's attack came a day after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed the firing of a missile and two drones at Israel.Yemen's Houthis have stepped up their attacks against Israel since late November, when a ceasefire took effect between Israel and another Iran-backed group, Lebanon's Hezbollah.The Houthis Al-Masirah Television said the Israeli strikes killed six people, after earlier Houthi statements said two people died at the rebel-held capital's airport, and another at Ras Issa port.The strikes targeting the airport, military facilities and power stations in rebel areas marked the second time since Dec. 19 that Israel has hit targets in Yemen after rebel missile fire toward Israel.In his latest warning to the rebels, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would 'continue until the job is done.''We are determined to cut this branch of terrorism from the Iranian axis of evil,' he said in a video statement.UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres denounced the 'escalation' in hostilities between Israel and the Houthis and called the Sanaa airport strikes 'especially alarming.'He said bombing transportation infrastructure posed a threat to humanitarian operations in Yemen, where 80 percent of the population was dependent on aid.Aerial bombardmentTedros was in Yemen to seek the release of UN personnel detained by the Houthis for months, and to assess the humanitarian situation there
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