A Saudia airline pilot was killed in an attack on Riyadh airport, Al Ekhbariya reported. The airline confirmed that one of its aircraft was damaged on the tarmac on October 8 as a result of the attack. On Thursday, the military representative of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) twice announced missile strikes on the airport.

The military representative of the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, claimed responsibility for missile strikes on the airport on two separate occasions.