The Ethiopian Air Force launched today, Tuesday, an air raid on a military camp and weapons store of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
The Ethiopian army has recently intensified its raids on targets in Tigray. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front had condemned previous strikes as evidence of the government’s indifference to civilian lives.
The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is locked in The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has been at war since last November, although Tigray itself has seen only limited fighting since the end of June, when the rebels took control of much of Ethiopia’s far northern region and the army made a major withdrawal.
But the troops On Monday, the Ethiopian Air Force launched two strikes on Mekele, which the United Nations said killed three children and injured several people. In the town of Agbi, about 80 km to the west.
The strikes coincide with the escalation of fighting in the Amhara region, south of Tigray.
Western powers drew heavy criticism after these raids, and Dr
The conflict in Tigray has raised fears of widespread hunger after the United Nations estimated that it had left 400,000 people in Tigray living in famine-like conditions.)
