[4] Eritrean Defence Force (EDF) soldiers arrived in Hitsats refugee camp on 19 November 2020.

According to The New York Times (NYT), 40 people were killed in the initial battle between the EDF and local Tigrayan militias, including four civilians.

[1] According to a 10 January 2021 Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA) report, Ethiopian TV stated that 300 Hitsats refugees had been extrajudicially executed by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

[2] Refugees interviewed by Agence France Presse (AFP) stated that pro-TPLF forces used Hitsats as a base for several weeks in November 2020, killing several refugees who wanted to leave the camp to get food, and in one incident, killed nine young Eritrean men in revenge for having lost a battle against the EDF.

[5] Witnesses say that Eritrean soldiers swept through Hitsats camp, and killed, beat, raped and kidnapped refugees.