Israeli airstrikes targeted Sanaa's international airport and other locations in Yemen. Israel termed the attacks as 'military targets'

World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been suffering from tinnitus since he and his team were caught up in an Israeli air strike in Yemen, the top global health official said on Wednesday.

General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.

Yemen: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared his horrific experience of a terrifying airstrike that hit Yemen’s main airport, while he was present inside the airport.

STORY: This is the moment an Israeli air strike hit a tower at Yemen’s Sanaa airport on Thursday.Reuters verified the date by aftermath footage and reports of the strike, and was able to confirm the location as objects seen in videos matched file and satellite imagery of the area.

"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."

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC he felt "completely exposed" during the Israeli strike on Yemen's international airport.

Israeli attacks on the airport in Sanaa and the port of Al Hudaydah in Yemen have posed a danger to the WHO chief. The Houthi rebels accuse Israel of aggression, referencing past confrontations with Israel.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus escaped Israeli aerial attack at Sanaa International Airport in Yemen’s capital

World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who narrowly escaped death during the Israeli strike on Sanaa airport in Yemen on December 26, said the attack inflicted "needless death and chaos",