The Director General of Sana’a International Airport, Khaled Al -Shayef, said today (Wednesday) that the initial losses resulting from the recent Israeli attack on the airport are estimated at about 500 million dollars, indicating that the damage evaluation process continued, according to Houthi media.
Al -Shayf confirmed the suspension of all flights from Sana’a airport and to him until further notice; Due to the damage of the attack by the Israeli army, yesterday.
The airport manager indicated that the Yemeni Airlines company lost three planes in the attack, pointing out that the Israeli army targeted six aircraft and destroyed them completely, including the three aircraft of the Yemeni lines.
Al -Shaif pointed out that there are alternatives to restart the airport temporarily, but he made it clear that he needs a long time to qualify it and return work in it to what it was in the past.
The Israeli army announced, yesterday, Tuesday, that the air force fighters carried out raids targeting an infrastructure of the Houthi group at Sanaa airport, which led to the entire airport disrupted from work, while the Houthis vowed to respond.
The army explained that these strikes, which came after a similar attack on the port of Hodeidah in western Yemen yesterday, Monday, came in response to the attack by the Houthis at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, on Sunday.
