A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalatory turn” in recent weeks.

Demonstrators wave Palestinian, Yemeni flags, hold signs condemning Israel's actions, such as burning hospitals in Gaza, prisoners' torture - Anadolu Ajansı

Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more, the Houthi militant group said in a statement.

The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the deadly escalation between Yemen and Israel, following Israeli airstrikes that reportedly killed at least three people, injured dozens, and struck critical civilian infrastructure,

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN staff were at Yemen's international airport in Sanaa on Thursday during Israeli air strikes which are reported to have killed at least six people. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they were about to board a plane when the attacks began.

World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been suffering from tinnitus after he and his WHO team were caught up in an Israeli airstrike in Yemen. “I am okay but I have developed tinnitus [ringing in my ears] from the loud explosion. I hope it will be temporary,” Tedros, 59, wrote on X after his return to Geneva.

Sana'a International Airport has not been a military target since 2016, and it's a civilian location, says UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen - Anadolu Ajansı

Houthis have repeatedly fired drones and missiles toward Israel in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians under Israeli fire in Gaza

The top UN official for humanitarian aid in Yemen, who narrowly dodged an Israeli airstrike on Sanaa’s airport yesterday, denies that the facility has any military purpose. Israel said that it was targeting “military infrastructure” in the raids and ...

“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about intensified escalation in Yemen and Israel,” the statement added. One crew member from the UN team was injured, according to Ghebreyesu

Saudi Arabia supported various ultra-conservative groups during Syria’s civil war, including Jaysh al-Islam, created with the kingdom’s support to counter Hayat Tahrir’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated predecessor, Jabhat al-Nusra.