Battle of Humera

Battle of Humera
Part of the Tigray War
Humera
Date 9–11 November 2020 Location Humera, Tigray Region, Ethiopia Result Ethiopian victory TPLF abandons Humera Ethiopia takes control of Humera
Belligerents
Ethiopia  Eritrea[1]	Tigray Region
Commanders and leaders
Abiy Ahmed (Prime Minister of Ethiopia) Mohammed Tessema (Head of the army's indoctrination division)[2]	Debretsion Gebremichael (Chief Administrator of Tigray Region and TPLF Chairman)
Units involved
Ethiopian National Defense Force	Local militia[1] Tigray Special Forces (10 November only)[1]
Strength
Unknown	~400[1]
Casualties and losses
1+ killed[1] 6+ wounded[3]	Several wounded[1]
92 killed in total (including deaths from the Humera massacre) 46 Civilians killed[1] ~200 Civilians wounded[1]

The Battle of Humera was fought between Ethiopia and allied forces against forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the city of Humera during the Tigray War. The battle took place from 9 to 11 November 2020, and is the first recorded time Eritrean troops saw action. It also led to the Humera massacre when Amhara and Ethiopian troops started beating and killing civilians. Many more civilians were killed and wounded because of the shelling during the battle. After it was controlled by the Eritrean, Ethiopian and Amhara (Fano, Amhara Special Forces and Militia) started house in house search detained everyone they found, loot every house and put the people in concentration camps. Day by day the Amhara forces killed the residents they put in the concentration camps, and dumped the bodies over the bridge into Tekeze River.