NAIROBI — Aid agencies have suspended their work in an
area of
Ethiopia's Tigray region after a deadly air strike on a camp for people
displaced by the brutal war, the UN's emergency response agency said Sunday.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(
OCHA) said in a statement to AFP that the attack at midnight Friday in the
town of Dedebit in northwestern Tigray had "caused scores of civilian
casualties including deaths", according to its preliminary information.
"Humanitarian partners suspended activities in the area
due to the ongoing threats of drone strikes," it said.
Tigray rebels said Saturday that the attack had killed 56
people, but it was not possible to independently verify the claims because
access to war-hit Tigray is restricted and it remains under a communications
blackout.
The strike came the same day that the Ethiopian government
announced an amnesty for several senior officials from the rebel
Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and other high-profile opposition leaders in a
bid to foster "national reconciliation".
OCHA said the lack of essential supplies, especially medical
supplies and fuel, was "severely disrupting the response to the injured,
and (has) led to the nearly total collapse of the health system in
Tigray".
"The intensification of air strikes is alarming, and we
once again remind all parties to the conflict to respect their obligations
under international humanitarian law," it said.
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