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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Tigray

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
Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. (Ben Curtis/AP)
August 24, 2022, 10:51 pm
Fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray breaks out anew after five-month lull
Jewish Agency and Absorption Ministry say no changes to immigration drive planned in wake of renewal of hostilities between Addis Ababa and breakaway region
By Agencies and Judah Ari Gross
A soldier from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces gestures after finishing training in the field of Dabat, 70 kilometers (43 miles) northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on September 14, 2021. (Amanuel Sileshi/AFP)
January 9, 2022, 12:00 am
Tigray rebels claim dozens killed in strike on civilian camp in Ethiopia
Reports of attack emerge after government declares surprise pardons for a number of detained opposition leaders
By Tanya Willmer
Illustrative: Tigrayan forces ride in a truck after taking control of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo)
November 10, 2021, 6:39 am
Israel said to promise to return Ethiopian immigrants who committed war crimes
Pledge reportedly comes after Ethiopian PM complains four war criminals were among those recently airlifted to Israel
By ToI Staff
In this photo from the Jewish Agency, Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (left) and then-Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog (center) greet 119 new immigrants from Ethiopia at Ben Gurion Airport, May 21, 2020. (Shlomi Amsalem)
November 9, 2021, 6:05 pm
Ministers expedite immigration of 5,000 Ethiopians to Israel as conflict worsens
Immigration and interior ministers agree to airlift people claiming Jewish descent and with first-degree relatives in Israel as crisis escalates in African country
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a final campaign rally at a stadium in the town of Jimma in the southwestern Oromia Region of Ethiopia, on June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/ Mulugeta Ayene, File)
November 8, 2021, 11:05 pm
Ethiopian PM said to complain 4 war criminals among those airlifted to Israel
Israeli TV reports that Abiy Ahmed said military officers took part in a rebel massacre; airlifting of 800 others reportedly suspended, as Bennett calls meeting to set policy
By ToI Staff
Ethiopian immigrants arrive at Ben Gurion Airport on December 3, 2020. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
November 8, 2021, 1:00 am
Dozens of Ethiopians brought to Israel accused of scamming way onto airlift
Immigration Authority reportedly finds that 61 people rescued from war-torn region may have lied about Jewish roots, as security body claims no urgent need to rescue people
By ToI Staff
A fighter loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) mans a guard post on the outskirts of the town of Hawzen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
November 7, 2021, 12:04 am
Israel to evacuate families of diplomats from Ethiopia, steps up travel warning
Foreign Ministry raises severity of advisory after African country declares state of emergency amid intensifying fighting between army and Tigray insurgents
By ToI Staff
A soldier from the Ethiopian National Defense Forces gestures after finishing training in the field of Dabat, 70 kilometers (43 miles) northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on September 14, 2021. (Amanuel Sileshi/AFP)
November 4, 2021, 9:41 pm
Israel urges travelers to avoid Ethiopia as rebel forces near capital
Foreign Ministry issues rare warning after African country declares state of emergency over intensifying fighting between army and Tigray insurgents
By ToI Staff
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
A destroyed tank is seen by the side of the road south of Humera in western Tigray, then annexed by the Amhara region, in Ethiopia, on May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
November 2, 2021, 11:08 pm
Ethiopia declares nationwide emergency as rebels threaten capital
Government orders Addis Ababa residents to prepare to defend neighborhoods from Tigrayan forces locked in brutal year-long war with Ethiopian army
By Robbie COREY-BOULET
A destroyed tank sits by the side of a road leading to Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia in May 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
June 29, 2021, 4:57 pm
Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral ceasefire in Tigray
Eritrean forces withdraw from key towns a day after fighting ceases following eight months of deadly conflict
By Cara Anna
Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road leading to Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
June 23, 2021, 3:18 pm
Airstrike on market in Ethiopia’s Tigray kills dozens, witnesses say
Over 80 civilians feared dead in attack amid months-long conflict; soldiers said to block medical teams from assisting
By AP
Elena, 7, center, lines up with other displaced Tigrayans to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 9, 2021 (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
June 21, 2021, 3:56 pm
UN calls for action on worst ‘cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes’
Rights chief Bachelet highlights situations in China, Russia and Ethiopia; warns extreme poverty, inequalities and injustice are rising as democratic and civic space are eroded
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
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