Tedros, along with his United Nations (UN) and WHO colleagues, was about to board a flight when the attack took place, injuring one of the plane's crew members.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the continued Israeli violations, including the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard by the Israeli National Security Minister, and the incursions of the occupation forces in southern Syria.
Israeli Air Force conducted strikes on military targets belonging to Houthis on the western coast and inland Yemen, the Israel Defence Force (IDF) said on Thursday.
The UAE has strongly condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli Minister of National Security, under the protection of the Israeli police, which is considered provocative and an incitement against Muslims, as well as an act of extremism.
Other journalists at the spot said Ayman Al-Jadi, Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, Mohammed Al-Lada'a, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, and Fadi Hassouna were all sleeping in the vehicle when the strike hit.
An intricately decorated 1,700-year-old ceramic oil lamp, adorned with symbols linked to the Jewish Temple was discovered during an archaeological excavation near Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stated on Tuesday that Albania strongly believes in a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict while expressing the conviction that "no lasting solution is possible as long as Hamas is part of the equation," according to Israeli news agency TPS,
The Bank of Israel reported that in the third quarter of 2024, the balance of the public's financial assets portfolio increased by approximately 221.7 billion Shekels (USD 61 billion) - 3.9 per cent - to about 6 trillion Shekels (USD 1.63 trillion).