The WHO Director-General said the explosions that rocked the building were so deafening that his ears were still ringing more than a day later.

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting to leave, the U.N.’s top humanitarian official in Yemen said Friday.

STORY: This is the moment an Israeli air strike hit a tower at Yemen’s Sanaa airport on Thursday.Reuters verified the date by aftermath footage and reports of the strike, and was able to confirm the location as objects seen in videos matched file and satellite imagery of the area.