WHO says member suffered serious injury in Israel’s strike on Yemen airport

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The UN aircrew member hurt in the attack on Yemen’s main airport yesterday suffered serious injuries but is now recovering in hospital, according to a spokesperson for the World Health Organisation (WHO), Al Jazeera reports.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in the airport waiting to depart when the aerial bombardment took place and he said a member of his plane’s crew was injured.

The injured man works for the UN Humanitarian Air Service, the WHO spokesperson said.

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