Extremely violent clashes continue around Gashena as the ENDF+ARSF attempt to take the town. Meanwhile, the offensive towards Mersa has failed, with the TDF launching a counteroffensive which took ground in Afar as well as making gains in the mountains south of Mersa.
This picture was misappropriated as being TDF fighters in Chifra. While we have many reports of the TDF taking Chifra, this picture is from a pro-government Facebook user. As it stands, there is no visual proof that the TDF took Chifra. Apologies for any confusion.
There has been many ENDF prisoners taken in recent combat, with two armored vehicles (T-62 and WZ-551) being captured. The ENDF + ARSF have not posted any pictures yet from their perspective.
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Heavy fighting continues around Gashena all night, with the situation in the countryside being fluid.
The TDF has taken up positions in the hills around Wurgesa and Wichale, as well as apparently taking Chifra in Afar, but that has not been visually confirmed.
No gains at Mersa.
Situation around Sekota is unclear, with various reports of fighting and various denials of fighting. Really no way to tell right now unless an official source announces something.
ENDF offensive seems to be progressing slowly around Gashena, but doing rather poorly around Mersa. Still in the process of verifying some POW footage of ENDF troops, but fighting has apparently left many casualties on both sides throughout the past week.
Dozens are seeking abortions, medical care and psychological support in overwhelmed hospitals, many of which have been destroyed.....Thousands more are thought to be suffering in silence as they fear reprisals by security forces and rejection from their families
One video, which was widely circulated on social media and has been verified by the Telegraph, shows a surgeon in Adigrat hospital removing long nails and pieces of plastic from the vagina of one woman after she was raped and tortured.
Google earth has finally updated its satellite imagery for western Tigray and it’s really bad. Satellite imagery shows that many settlements have been razed to the ground, some repeatedly being burned. This will be a thread covering those burnings. H/t @FijianArmadillo
I’m going to be going through these as I find them. Which is a lot. Virtually every settlement I have found has been affected in some form. Will be starting with what @FijianArmadillo found first. I’ll transition to just screenshots after.
The first location is 13.829500711851056, 36.5104337794971. This village along the road was largely razed to the ground by November 22.
Before After
As war goes on in Ethiopia, ethnic harassment Is on the rise. Ethnic Tigray people all over the country report an increase in discrimination and abuse from the authorities
On a bright day in mid-November, about a dozen police officers with machine guns barged into the home of Lisanewerk Desta, a theologian who is the head of the library and museum department at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and got to work.
The men, who had no warrant, Mr. Lisanewerk said, poured dried goods from his kitchen onto the floor, emptied his clothes drawers and even looked inside his clay coffee pot, seemingly searching for something to incriminate him.
Clashes in the outskirts of Samre and Bora. TDF claims inflicting 500 ENDF+EDF casualties (dead and wounded) in the battles reported here. Also states that intense ENDF+EDF artillery & airstrikes resulted in civilian casualties
Its claimed on March 5 in Keyih Gobo (Red Mountains) in Samre district, an EDF ambush/offensive against a TDF unit failed with 100+ EDF killed and 30+ wounded
Further claimed that on March 7-8 in Bora Selowa area, an ENDF+EDF offensive was repelled (continued below)
Part 3:
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It said ENDF+EDF used artillery, heavy weapons & airstrikes and then entered the town of Bora to attack civilians again but were repelled. The casualties of this battle were 300 ENDF+EDF killed and wounded. Small and heavy weapons were captured