The Tigray Liberation Front in northern Ethiopia and local officials said that an air strike in the early hours of Wednesday targeted a site in Mekele, the regional capital, that "does not include military targets."
On the other hand, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned - yesterday, Tuesday - the Ethiopian ambassador in Khartoum, Petal Amiru, after he made statements about the downing of a plane that crossed from Sudan and was loaded with weapons destined for the Tigray Front fighters.
In a tweet on Twitter, Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the authority affiliated with the fighters in Tigray region, said that "a night raid by a drone targeted Mikkeli," stressing that "there are no military targets" at the targeted site.
In turn, the doctor, Kiprom Gebrselassie, head of the main hospital in Mikkeli, confirmed - in a tweet on Twitter - that "a drone strike in Mikkeli, around midnight, resulted in casualties who were taken to the hospital," without specifying their number.
On the other hand, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ethiopian ambassador in Khartoum over his statements about the downing of a plane that crossed from Sudan and was loaded with weapons for the Tigray Front.
The ministry stated - in a statement - that it had summoned Ambassador Petal Amiru, the ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Sudan.
She added, "The Director General of African Affairs, Fadl Abdullah Fadl, conveyed to the Ethiopian ambassador the ministry's condemnation of the statements he made to the media on Monday, in which he mentioned the Ethiopian forces' downing of a plane loaded with weapons for the Tigray People's Liberation Front, which violated Ethiopian airspace through Sudan."
She stressed that "the launching of these unfounded allegations is contrary to the usual diplomatic traditions in communicating with the official authorities in the country of representation, especially as the leadership of the two countries seeks to strengthen relations between them."
It is noteworthy that Addis Ababa had announced last Wednesday that it had shot down a cargo plane carrying weapons, which crossed its airspace from Sudan and was heading to the northern region of Tigray, and the Ethiopian ambassador confirmed the authenticity of the news in a press conference on Monday.
For the first time in nearly a year, the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front announced last Wednesday the renewal of fighting between them in the region.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front confirms the "violation" of the humanitarian truce in force since last March, regarding the armed conflict that has been going on for nearly two years.
The conflict in the region began in November 2020, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent federal forces to Tigray to control the local authorities of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, after it was accused of attacking an army barracks.
The conflict has killed thousands of people in Africa's second most populous country.