📍Tigray Forces Drop 'Operation Hayelom'.
Leaflets distributed overnight in Alamata city urge an uprising against federal control. Messages invoke the name of late Tigrayan commander Hayelom Araya and branded the new Addis-appointed caretaker government as traitors and call on residents to take up arms.
📍Prosperity Party Plants Flag in Tigray
Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party has secured a political foothold after the appointment of a new regional leader. This comes despite the previous Tigray government’s ban on the party.
📍Drone Strikes Hit Near Eritrean Border
Ethiopian forces are conducting drone strikes targeting Tigrayan troop movements around Rama, a border town near Eritrea, after Tigrayan forces took control of the area.
📍80 Displaced Amhara Civilians Massacred
Reports claim state-backed Oromo forces killed 80 displaced Amhara civilians (mostly women and children ) after stopping a bus in East Wollega. The victims were fleeing regional violence toward Addis Ababa.