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Health official: Air strike hits capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Less than a week after violence broke apart a four-month ceasefire, the head of another hospital that treated victims reported that an air s...

Onuwa John
Onuwa John - Managing Editor August 31, 2022
Updated August 31, 2022 at 10:06 AM
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Less than a week after violence broke apart a four-month ceasefire, the head of another hospital that treated victims reported that an air strike had hit close to a hospital in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Controlled by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been at war with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's central government since late 2020, both parties have laid responsibility for the resurgence of hostilities that is impeding the delivery of much-needed food aid.

Ayder General Hospital's CEO Kibrom Gebreselassie tweeted that a late Tuesday attack had occurred near Mekelle General Hospital.

The number of casualties and damage were unknown.

Ethiopian government spokesperson Legesse Tulu, military spokesperson Colonel Getnet Adane and the prime minister’s spokesperson Billene Seyoum did not respond to requests for comment.

Getachew Reda, the TPLF spokesperson, said on Twitter that at least three bombs had been dropped and that the Mekelle hospital was among the targets.

Another doctor at Ayder confirmed to Reuters he had heard three explosions late at night.

Reuters was unable to reach people in Mekelle for confirmation because the region has not had phone communication since Ethiopian troops pulled out more than a year ago.

The latest strike follows a hit on a children’s play area on Friday that killed seven people, including women and children.

Humanitarian convoys halted

Almost all of Tigray’s 5.5 million people need food aid, but humanitarian deliveries via the last remaining route — through neighboring Afar region — has been halted due to security concerns, a United Nations official said.

On Tuesday, the TPLF said an offensive had been broken and a counter-offensive launched. He underscored the devastation in the region, which has not had banking, phone or electricity services for more than a year.

Fuel restrictions have also limited aid distribution, while patients are dying for lack of medicine and equipment.

Restoring services is a key demand of the TPLF before peace talks. The government wants talks to begin without conditions.

On Saturday, the Ethiopian government communication service said it had pulled its forces out of the town of Kobo, in the Amhara region bordering Tigray, blaming the TPLF for sending “human waves” against the town and endangering civilians.

The government said Tigrayan forces were attacking in two directions — along the border with Amhara to the south and along the border with Afar to the east.
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