Tigray forces say Ethiopian airstrike kills 56 civilians

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>An airstrike in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has killed at least 56 people at a camp for displaced people&comma; a spokesman has said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Another callous drone attack&comma;” Getachew Reda tweeted&comma; saying the civilians had fled the conflict elsewhere in the region only to become the latest victims of recent airstrikes that have reportedly killed scores of people in Tigray&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spokespeople for Ethiopia’s government and military did not respond to requests for comment on the airstrike&comma; which could not be independently confirmed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Much of Tigray remains cut off from the world&comma; with limited communications for humanitarian workers who have found their work severely constrained by a months-long government blockade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reports of the airstrike at the camp in Dedebit in north-western Tigray came a day after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a message of reconciliation for Orthodox Christians after 14 months of war&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ethiopia’s conflict shifted in late December&comma; when the Tigray forces fighting Ethiopia’s government withdrew back into the Tigray region after approaching the capital&comma; Addis Ababa&period; A drone-supported military offensive pushed them back&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The UN’s humanitarian agency reported late last month that between December 19-24&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;airstrikes on Tigray reportedly led to mass civilian causalities&comma; including dozens of people reportedly killed&comma; 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