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Israel’s attack on Sanaa airport is ‘pure vandalism’
Sultan Barakat, a professor in public policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, says Sanaa International Airport is “not a big strategic target” and that Israeli claims it is being used to receive supplies from Iran are “simply not true”.
“I think it’s pure vandalism, to be honest. The airport in Sanaa is not a normal airport. It’s under a huge restriction from the United Nations, from the Saudis, from the coalition – it’s under sanctions,” Barakat told Al Jazeera.
“Only Al Yemenia, the Yemeni airline, is operating and only to Amman – and from it, people can travel around the world. Mostly people seeking [healthcare], humanitarian aid – all sorts of assistance comes from the airport,” Barakat said.
Barakat added that attacking the airport would only hinder the operations of the United Nations and the humanitarian agencies in one of the poorest countries in the world.
“It’s just not worth it,” he said, “except that it maybe fits the eye-for-an-eye – in the sense that ‘you’ve hit our airport, we’ll hit your airport.'”
Israel says it ‘fully disabled’ Yemen’s main airport during attack
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/middleeast/israeli-unprecedented-evacuation-warning-yemen-airport-intl
An Israeli army statement says its air strikes on the main airport in Yemen’s capital have caused severe damage, rendering it nonfunctional.
“A short while ago, fighter jets struck and dismantled Houthi terrorist infrastructure at the main airport in Sanaa, fully disabling the airport. … Flight runways, aircraft, and infrastructure at the airport were struck,” the statement said.
“The strikes were carried out with precision and steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure.”
The army said that over the past year and a half, the Houthis have been “operating under Iranian direction and funding with the goal of targeting the state of Israel and its allies, undermining regional stability, and disrupting global freedom of navigation”.
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Sanaa international airport (OYSN) It's one landing strip.
