Adwa

They've been driven back now, uh, by the Ethiopian military through a combination of drone strikes and, uh, advances on the ground featuring, I think, mostly the Tigrayan militias or, or auxiliaries that have, uh, uh, been, uh, attached to the Ethiopian military.

Uh, but they've advanced through, uh, Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, a number of cities and towns along the way, and as of Sunday, they had entered the town of Adwa, uh, reportedly without any resistance from either the TPLF or the Eritreans.

Adwa is very close to the Eritrean border.

It's just forty kilometers away.

Uh, and so given tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, uh, that have been bubbling for some time now, given the Eritrean apparent involvement, uh, in this conflict that's emerged, there are concerns that the Ethiopian government may be planning an invasion of Eritrea.

Meanwhile, the ENDF and Tigrayan peace forces reportedly secured Shira in north-central Tigray on October 8th with minimal fighting.

ENDF and TPF forces subsequently entered Adwa on October 11th and captured Axum on October 12th.

They also captured multiple areas along the route from Shira towards Shiraro, approximately 10 kilometres from the Eritrean border.

The Tigrayan Defence Forces, the military wing of the TDLF, have reportedly reverted to guerrilla tactics, as they did during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict.

His comments followed reports that the Ethiopian military had launched drone strikes against Eritrean troops operating in Tigray.

In its update on Tuesday, Ocha reported that looting was continuing in Tigray, in particular at a hospital in the town of Adwa on Monday.

Humanitarian partners also reported that displacement continues across northwestern Tigray, although reliable and verified figures are not yet available.

The UN reiterates its call for safe, unhindered humanitarian access to all affected areas, full protection of civilians and additional resources to support people in need, Ocha insisted.

It says here the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and the allied TPF now control most of eastern and central Tigray.

Visual evidence confirmed their capture of Axum, Adwa, and Rama towns yesterday, while today they advanced further, taking the border town of Zalambesa near Eritrea.

And some have reported that the Ethiopians are amassing troops on the border with Eritrea.

The Eritreans are amassing troops back.

The Nigerian military, meanwhile, is claiming that it killed, quote, more than 40 Islamic State West Africa province fighters, including a senior commander, end quote, in airstrikes in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State also on Saturday.

In Ethiopia, the Ethiopian military reportedly entered the town of Adwa in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region on Sunday without resistance.

Adwa is just 40 kilometers from the Eritrean border, which suggests that Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters, as well as any Eritrean forces that have allegedly entered Ethiopia, have been pushed back to the border itself.

Adwa is also, hypothetically speaking of course, a town that the Ethiopian military would need to secure if it had any plans to invade Eritrea, again, purely hypothetically.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, former Congolese President Joseph Kabila announced on Monday that he's forming a new opposition group, the Front for the Re-Foundation of the Nation, that includes the M23 militant group now controlling parts of the eastern DRC.

Kabila has been based in the M23-controlled city of Goma since returning to the country last year, and Congolese authorities convicted him in absentia and sentenced him to death for various crimes, including treason, last September.

The Israeli military said two men killed this week near the Jordanian field hospital were Islamic Jihad operatives.

It said a civil defense worker killed near Kamal Adwan Hospital was a Hamas sniper.

Hamas rejects that, and it has not been independently verified.

Palestinians held funerals Monday for three people killed Sunday when an Israeli airstrike hit a tent in Khan Yunis.