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‘God have mercy’: Tigray residents describe life under siege

In this image made from video provided anonymously, an unidentified mother and child are seen in the malnutrition ward at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

In this image made from video provided anonymously, Mizan Wolde sits with her daughter Genet Mehari, 5, in the malnutrition ward at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

In this photo provided anonymously, Mearag Michiele, 2, from Adigrat, is treated for malnutrition at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

In this image made from video provided anonymously, nurse Tekleab explains the situation in the malnutrition ward of the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

In this image made from video provided anonymously, an unidentified mother and child are seen in the malnutrition ward at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

In this photo provided anonymously, Genet Mehari, 5, is treated for malnutrition but with limited medicine, at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

In this photo provided anonymously, Rahwa Mehari, 4, is comforted by her father who says she first suffered from malnutrition and medical records show then developed a cerebral tuberculoma, at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Her father Mehari Tesfa, from the Kilte Awulaelo district, says he has not been able to farm or feed his family since Eritrean troops stole his water pump and generator during the war. (AP Photo)

In this image made from video provided anonymously, Mizan Wolde carries her daughter Genet Mehari, 5, to receive therapeutic milk for malnutrition, at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

In this photo provided anonymously, Rahwa Mehari, 4, who first suffered from malnutrition according to her father and medical records show then developed a cerebral tuberculoma, is treated at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Her father Mehari Tesfa, from the Kilte Awulaelo district, says he has not been able to farm or feed his family since Eritrean troops stole his water pump and generator during the war. (AP Photo)

In this photo provided anonymously, Genet Mehari, 5, is treated for malnutrition but with limited medicine, at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. In the regional capital Mekele, a year of war and months of government-enforced deprivation have left the city of a half-million people with a rapidly shrinking stock of food, fuel, medicine and cash. (AP Photo)

‘God have mercy’: Tigray residents describe life under siege