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A de facto blockade preventing medicines and other life-saving supplies reaching Ethiopia's Tigray has created "hell" in the war-ravaged region, WHO director general says. SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed says his government "had every right" to deploy state forces to the restive northern region of Tigray, whose ruling party Abiy blames for instigating a conflict many fear could spiral into a protracted civil war. SOUNDBITE
Israeli military vehicles are seen entering the northern Gaza Strip, as Israel resumed its deadly bombardment of the Palestinian territory, saying it struck more than 200 targets in the densely-inhabited Palestinian territory despite international calls for a renewed truce. IMAGES
Clouds of smoke rise over the northern Gaza Strip following strikes, as seen from the Israeli border town of Sderot, on the 45th day of the Israel-Hamas war. Gaza braced for a further expansion of Israeli military operations on Monday even as cautious hopes built for a deal to release hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting. IMAGES
Passengers arrive in Addis Ababa after Ethiopia's national carrier Ethiopian Airlines resumes commercial flights to and from Mekele, in the Tigray region. After a shutdown lasting 18 months, families and loved ones are reunited, a day after an Ethiopian delegation made the first high-level government visit to the rebel-held region since the signing of a peace deal last month. IMAGES
The EU welcomes the announcement of the cessation of the hostilities between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, two years after the conflict broke out. The war's toll is unknown, but the US envoy to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, recently said that the devastation and deaths "rival what we're seeing in Ukraine". SOUNDBITE
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