Ethiopia's intelligence chief and former Tigray interim president Getachew Reda published a joint op-ed on Al Jazeera warning that hardline TPLF elements — backed by Eritrea — are preparing to launch an offensive against the federal government "in the coming days." TPLF has not publicly responded to the "imminent offensive" claim. The op-ed calls on the international community to pressure both TPLF hardliners and Eritrea before the situation collapses back into full-scale war. If accurate, renewed conflict would be catastrophic — Tigray is still devastated from the last war. A new round could pull in Eritrea directly while Ethiopia is already managing the Amhara Fano insurgency on a separate front.