New airstrikes hit capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region

Spokesmen for the Tigray forces have denied that sites targeted earlier this week were used in relation to the fighting. Health workers and other residents have said at least three children have been killed and more than a dozen people injured.

Thousands of people have been killed since November when a political falling-out between the Tigray forces who once dominated the national government and the current administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed erupted in fighting.

Tigray's 6 million people are now under a government blockade, while Tigray forces in recent months have taken the fighting into the neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions. The United Nations says more than 2 million people are now displaced.