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Israel has been carrying out airstrikes across Yemen, including on the international airport in the capital, Sanhá. The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanam Gabrecius, was at the airport about to board a flight when it came under Israeli attack. He was not injured. The Israeli military says it has been targeting the Houthis, the rebel group backed by Iran. Houthi rebels say three people were killed in the strikes. Houthi fighters in Yemen have targeted Israel and ships in in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Meanwhile, in central Gaza, health officials say five journalists have been killed by an Israeli strike. The strike hit a marked broadcast van outside Al-Adha Hospital in the Nusseret Refugee Camp. One of the journalists had been expecting the birth of his child. The Israeli military said those killed were members of a terrorist cell. Well, let's speak to our news correspondent, Shaila Shaima Khalil, who is in Jerusalem for us. Hello to you, Shaima. Just take us through what we know about these strikes in Yemen.

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We've seen very dramatic footage from inside Sanaa International Airport of people running in a panic with their luggage in their trolley, some of them trying to leave the building through a gate, others running in different directions. We also saw one from outside the building showing smoke rising. And in the last hour or so, we've also been getting reports that commercial flights are still landing in Yemen Airport despite reports of damage to the facility. We're getting reports and an image of an Airbus A3 320 of the Yemenia Airlines aircraft landing there. We heard from the head of the WHO, the World Health Organization, Tedros Gabrielasos, who said that he was in the airport when the strike happened, that he was about to board plane when the airport was struck, and that that resulted in one of the air crew members being injured not very far from where his group were sitting. He said he was okay. We also had confirmation from the Israeli army, the IDF, who said that they struck targets used by the Iran-backed group to smuggle Iranian weapons into the region. We know that the airport in Sanaa was targeted, was hit, but also other targets in the in the Red Sea Port City of Odeida.

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The Israeli military targeted two power stations, hit two power stations, some key ports as well. This is the second Israeli strike in less than a week on Houthi targets in Yemen, as this month has seen a significant increase of Houthi launched missiles and drones on Israeli territory. One of them injured more than a dozen people when it landed in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The Houthis have vowed time and time again to continue these missile launches, to continue attacking Israeli territory until the end of the war in Gaza. And in the past few days, we've heard a more determined Israeli leadership. If you will, we've've heard the Prime Minister and we've heard the Israeli Defense Minister saying that they're going to go after the Houthi targets in Yemen, but also the Houthi leadership, the same way they went after Hamas and Hezbollah leadership as well.