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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

Eritrea

Eritrean migrants arrested by police following a brawl in south Tel Aviv on July 7, 2024. (Israel Police)
July 8, 2024, 12:29 am
One killed, one seriously injured in brawl between rival Eritrean groups in Tel Aviv
In latest clashes between pro-regime, anti-regime migrants — including some asylum seekers — police say people were attacked with spikes and clubs, pelted with stones
By ToI Staff
File - Police inspect the scene of riots where one person died and several were seriously injured in fight between Eritreans, in Netanya, Israel on September 30, 2023. (Flash90)
October 1, 2023, 5:50 pm
Ben Gvir calls to detain without trial, deport Eritreans linked to Netanya killing
Deadly stabbing follows several other violent incidents since mass brawl in Tel Aviv last month between supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime
By Canaan Lidor
Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli riot police in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, September 2, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
September 9, 2023, 6:16 am
After riot, police said to order closure of Tel Aviv Eritrean churches over weekend
Law enforcement meets with church leaders, temporarily shutters 4 houses of worship to head off further violence following clashes last week, report says
By ToI Staff
Eritrean migrants who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro-regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023. (Omer Fichman/Flash90)
September 6, 2023, 1:21 pm
Eritrea accuses Mossad of stirring up Tel Aviv mob violence between expat groups
Days after battle royale between regime supporters and opponents on streets of Tel Aviv, Asmara says foreign plots with ulterior political motives behind unrest
By ToI Staff
Anti-Eritrean government activists, left, clash with supporters of the Eritrean government, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 2, 2023 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
September 3, 2023, 11:53 am
Some 40 still hospitalized after Eritrean migrant riots, 12 in serious condition
With cops caught unprepared for Saturday’s havoc in Tel Aviv’s south, reports of chaotic scenes at police command center, commissioner Shabtai seizing direct control
By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff
Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro-regime activists clash with police officers in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023. (Omer Fichman/Flash90)
September 3, 2023, 2:58 am
Officer hospitalized with serious head injury after migrant clashes in Tel Aviv
Doctors remove part of camping stove from cop’s head; some 50 officers among over 150 wounded in street brawl between supporters and opponents of Eritrean government
By ToI Staff
African asylum seekers and activists protest against plans to deport migrants at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 2, 2023, 8:59 pm
Eritreans in Israel: Long neglected, divided amongst themselves and dividing society
A look at the community that makes up the majority of African migrants in Israel, many of them saying they are fleeing a brutal dictatorship
By ToI Staff
A stun grenade thrown by Israeli police explodes next to Eritrean protesters during a protest against an event organized by the Eritrea Embassy, in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
September 2, 2023, 7:11 pm
Hospital chief says ‘can’t recall’ medical event on scale of Eritrean migrant clashes
With over 150 said injured in street brawls between Eritrean government’s supporters and opponents, Ronni Gamzu says staff also had to keep warring sides separate at hospital
By ToI Staff
A police car damaged by rioting Eritrean asylum seekers at a protest against the regime in Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 2, 2023, 12:07 pm
Over 150 hurt in hours-long Tel Aviv chaos between rival Eritrean migrant groups, cops
Some 15 seriously injured as pro- and anti-regime activists clash outside event organized by embassy; 30 policemen hurt; activist: Police were warned, ignored pleas to cancel event
By ToI Staff
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on December 14, 2022. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
December 15, 2022, 1:46 am
WHO chief says uncle killed by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says relative was one of roughly 50 ‘murdered’ a month after Ethiopia’s government and Tigrayan rebels agreed to limited ceasefire
By AFP
FILE - Ethnic Tigrayan survivor Abrahaley Minasbo, 22, from Mai-Kadra, Ethiopia, shows wounds from machetes he says were inflicted by a pro-government militia on Nov. 9, inside a shelter in Hamdeyat Transition Center near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in eastern Sudan on Dec. 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
November 3, 2021, 2:54 pm
UN report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’ and atrocities
Probe faults all sides; Bachelet says many violations tied to Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, denies investigation came under government pressure
By Jamey Keaten and Cara Anna
In this Wednesday, January 17, 2018 file photo, Eritrean migrants wear chains to mimic slaves at a demonstration against the Israeli government's plan to forcibly deport African refugees and asylum seekers from Israel to Uganda and Rwanda, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. (AP/Oded Balilty)
September 5, 2021, 6:01 am
Offered little hope, African migrants despair of Israel as a refuge
Unable to deport asylum seekers, Israel has instead left them in limbo with few rights; the new government has signaled it has no plans to change those policies anytime soon
By Sue Surkes
Children displaced by the conflict play on metal railings at the elementary school where they now live with their families in the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
May 24, 2021, 6:24 am
US restricts visas and aid over conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Blinken says Ethiopian and Eritrean officials have taken ‘no meaningful steps to end hostilities,’ announces restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia
By AFP
Women mourn the victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean Soldiers in the village of Dengolat, North of Mekele, the capital of Tigray on February 26, 2021.(EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
March 5, 2021, 12:59 pm
Eritrean troops killed hundreds in Ethiopia massacre, rights group says
An estimated 200 civilians allegedly shot dead in war-torn Tigray region; separate ‘crime against humanity’ leaves 164 dead
By Robbie COREY-BOULET
An elderly woman who fled to the city of Axum in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to seek safety sits with her head bandaged after being wounded during an attack on the city, November 30, 2020. (AP Photo)
February 21, 2021, 3:56 pm
Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopia city claimed to be home to Ark of Covenant
Survivors of clashes between pro-government forces and militias in the Tigray region describe horrific war scenes; hundreds dead in city of Axum; Eritrea denies involvement
By Cara Anna
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