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Funeral Held for Flynas Flight Attendant Azza Ramzy After Houthi Attack on Riyadh Airport
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Azza Ramzy, 28, Egyptian Flynas flight attendant, killed at Riyadh's King Khalid Airport. Ramzy's body arrived in Alexandria; funeral held in Beheira, Egypt.
Riyadh airport attack
Mourners in Beheira, Egypt bid farewell to 28-year-old Azza Ramzy, a Flynas flight attendant killed in a Houthi attack on the Riyadh airport. Ramzy was among 13 people killed in the October 10 attack, which it described as "the deadliest attack on Saudi Arabia in more than a decade."
Business Insider Africa said Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris called for Arab countries to cut diplomatic ties with Iran following the missile attack on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation Sameh al-Hefny oversaw the arrival of Ramzy’s body at Alexandria International Airport, and the body arrived aboard a private "Flynas" aircraft at approximately 11:30 PM on Monday.
Deaths, injuries, and claims
Saudi authorities said a Houthi missile strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Saturday killed 13 people and injured more than 300, and Iran International reported a follow-up attack on Sunday killed one and wounded 11 others. The National said the death toll from Saturday’s attack in Riyadh rose to 13 after an injured Indian citizen was confirmed dead, while it said the airport was closed after the attack and the General Authority of Civil Aviation extended the suspension of operations.
Haaretz reported that Saudi Arabia stopped issuing public warnings of imminent attacks days before a series of strikes on Riyadh airport killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 300. Al Jazeera said the attack was part of a series of missile strikes on Saudi airports by Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen, and it described the October 10 attack as the deadliest on Saudi Arabia in more than a decade.
Yemen-linked escalation
Iran International said the airport attacks served the Houthis’ goal of pressuring Saudi Arabia over its support for rival forces in Yemen, and it quoted Yemeni-American analyst Fatima Abo Alasrar describing the escalation as "part of a familiar pattern". Tehran warned it would disrupt regional aviation if US sanctions isolated Iranian airlines, and it quoted Mohammad Mokhber writing, "If Iran cannot fly and receive airport services, no country in the region will have that possibility either."
The Toronto Star reported that Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said a limited fire broke out in an administrative building at Aramco in the country’s Eastern Province that was targeted in an attack, and it said no injuries were reported. The Toronto Star said the Saudi-led coalition carried out new airstrikes on the Houthi rebel-held Yemeni capital, the Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah, and residents said the strikes came shortly after a coalition spokesman urged residents to evacuate the area for their safety.