The Tigray Liberation Front confirmed its control of cities and large areas in the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia, and that it inflicted heavy losses on the Ethiopian army, while the government warned the Tigray Front against the incursion and demanded it return to dialogue.

The leadership of the Tigray Front announced its control of more than 8 cities in the Amhara region, especially the city of Gobu, and said that it had responded to attacks by government forces and what it described as the private militias of the Amhara region.

The front command indicated that the fighting took place on an area of ​​140 square kilometers, and dozens of teams from the Ethiopian army participated in it.

The Tigray forces added that they inflicted heavy losses on the Ethiopian army, including dead, wounded and captured.

government position

For its part, the Ethiopian government warned the Tigray Front against incursions into the Amhara and Afar regions, and demanded it return to dialogue and stop the fighting.

In turn, the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense denied targeting civilians in its air raids, noting in an official statement that the claim of the Tigray Front targeting a kindergarten in the city of Mekele is "an elaborate play that was brutally prepared, where children's toys were collected and detonated with an explosive device, and then claiming that they were air raids." ".

The statement considered that this "play" aims to divert attention from the international community's condemnation of the Tigray Front for its attack on civilians.

The statement stressed that the Ethiopian Air Force uses the latest technologies to strike military targets, and that it has experienced and qualified pilots, who do their work without errors.

regional governments

On the other hand, the government of the Ethiopian Afar region condemned the attack launched by the Tigray Front militants on several areas in the region, describing it as a blatant attack on civilians.

In the first statement issued by the Afar Regional Government about the confrontations, the government accused the Tigray Front of committing crimes against civilians, and called on the international community to condemn the attacks.

The statement stated that the bombing targeted residential areas and led to the displacement and intimidation of the population.

In the same context, the Oromia Regional Government said in a statement that the Tigray Front plays a role in threatening the unity and sovereignty of Ethiopia through "aggression against the Amhara and Afar regions," accusing the Tigray Front of supporting terrorist groups such as Al-Shabaab, Aung Shin and other armed groups seeking to destabilize Ethiopia, she said. .

The statement called for confronting the attacks of the Tigray Front, and appealed to the international community to put pressure on the front to adopt the option of peace and dialogue proposed by the Ethiopian government.

The statement stressed that the Oromia region will take the necessary measures for the safety of civilians and the sovereignty and unity of Ethiopia if the Tigray Front does not stop its attacks.

This is the first statement issued by the Oromia regional government about the renewed military confrontations, and the Oromia region has borders with the regions of Amhara and Afar.