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How the Asmara born chief escaped from death (BBC)

Post by Mesob » 28 Dec 2024, 16:00

Here is how the Asmara born, Tigrayan WHO director cheated death from BBC:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6l74zqwyqo


The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he and his colleagues "escaped death narrowly" while being caught up in an Israeli air strike on an airport in Yemen.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recounted feeling "completely exposed" during the attack, which killed at least six, in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

He and other UN staff had been leaving Sanaa, in western Yemen, on Thursday following a trip to negotiate the release of UN detainees and assess the humanitarian situation in the country when the airport was hit.

Israel's military said it carried out "intelligence-based strikes on military targets" belonging to Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

"It was very chaotic, you know, people were in disarray and running everywhere," Dr Tedros said on Saturday. .....

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6l74zqwyqo

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