List of massacres committed during the Eritrean War of Independence

The Eritrean War of Independence was fought as a guerrilla campaign by the two main liberation fronts, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) and the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), against the Ethiopian Army, controlled for most of the period by the Marxist Derg. This asymmetrical campaign against Ethiopian control left the Army at a disadvantage and so it embarked on a policy of destroying Eritrean villages. It was hoped that this would prevent the separatists from continuing their campaign. Listed below are some of the major civilian massacres.

Throughout the conflict Ethiopia used "anti-personnel gas" and weapons of mass destruction, including napalm, and other incendiary devices.