The facts
Reuters’ sources said Jari 2 was hit on 29 October. A community representative described 13 burials and two subsequent hospital deaths; a local official said authorities were helping 36 injured people. [1]
The camp housed more than 1,700 displaced people. Two rescue sources told Reuters that five children were among those killed. [1]
AFP reported that a truck carrying grain was hit near Rama on Thursday night and that people gathering the spilled grain were struck on Friday. A hospital source reported 11 deaths in the latter incident. [2]
The reports use different witnesses, locations and casualty estimates. They are not added into a purported verified national toll, and neither agency established who ordered the attacks. [1][2]
Tedros said children, including a newborn, were reportedly among those killed in an attack at the Jaari 2 displacement camp in Amhara. He separately said several people were reportedly killed in Rama, Tigray, while trying to collect food. The statement provided no incident dates, casualty counts or perpetrator identities. [3][4]
Tedros said hospitals lacked health workers, medicines and equipment, ambulance services were limited, and insecurity obstructed deliveries of life-saving supplies. WHO and UN partners were working to deliver additional medical supplies. [3][4]
Still unconfirmed
- The perpetrators, targeting decisions and complete casualty totals remain unverified.
- The accounts do not establish that all the strikes were part of one operation.
Corrections & updates
Substantive update, 2 November UTC: added WHO Director-General Tedros’s warning about reported civilian attacks in Jaari 2 and Rama and the strain on medical services. WHO’s statement did not give incident dates, casualty counts or responsibility; earlier Reuters and AFP accounts remain separately attributed.
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 2 Nov 2026, 13:24 UTC.
The 2 November WHO statement, as reported by AP and Ahram Online, establishes a fresh warning about separate reported attacks and health-system strain; it does not confirm incident dates, casualty totals or perpetrators. Reuters and AFP gathered separate earlier accounts and their estimates are not added into a purported verified national total.
- Drone strikes on Ethiopia displacement camp kill at least 15, sources say
Reuters, via Sight Magazine · Reporting · 31 Oct 2026
Reuters interviewed rescue and local sources. The report describes Thursday’s attack and Friday’s accounts; the host publication date is not the attack date.
- Drone strikes in Ethiopia kill at least 25: witnesses
AFP, via Africanews · Reporting · 31 Oct 2026
AFP’s separately gathered accounts include Rama and an Amhara camp. The headline’s combined estimate is not adopted as a reconciled total.
- WHO chief warns of attacks on civilians and strain on Ethiopia’s health system
The Associated Press · Reporting · 2 Nov 2026
Opened AP report on Tedros’s statement. It says his comments provided no dates, counts or responsibility for the reported incidents.
- Ethiopia’s Abiy puts ministers through military training amid internal and regional unrest
Ahram Online · Reporting · 2 Nov 2026
Opened report quoting Tedros’s 2 November statement and separately attributing earlier casualty reporting to AFP. Figures from the separate incidents are not combined here.