The fighting erupted on Sunday in Misrata despite the announcement by the regime of a pause in operations against rebels in the besieged city of western Libya, where the humanitarian situation of concern to the international community. Misrata, theater of a genuine urban guerrillas between insurgents and troops of the Gadhafi regime, 200 km from Tripoli, recorded Saturday "the worst balance in 65 days of fighting, with 28 dead and hundreds wounded, according to the doctor Khalid Abu Falra.
The Libyan Deputy Foreign Kaaim Khaled said Saturday night that the regime's armed forces suspended their operations in Misrata to allow tribes to seek a peaceful solution. But in the early hours of Sunday, Grad rockets exploded in bursts in the city and gunfire could be heard almost uninterrupted automatic weapons, according to AFP journalists at the scene.
A French journalist whose identity was not reported seriously injured Saturday night in Misrata, but was out of danger after undergoing surgery, hospital officials said. The rebels confirmed the presence of tribal fighters in the ranks of Gadhafi troops. "Sometimes we fight against the army men in uniform and sometimes against men in civilian clothes.
Now there are tribal fighters from the south," said Omar Rajab, 29-year rebel fighter. The rebels announced they had managed to push back the troops from Gadhafi. An important section of the street Tripoli front line came under rebel control and the insurgents took over the building Tameen where ambushed fracotiradores wreak havoc for several days.
"Gadhafi's men retreat. The rebels are trying to encircle the old public hospital. This is the last stronghold to defend, but still resist," said Dr. Hakim Zaggut, returning from the front. For the first time since the international military intervention on 19 March, a U.S. drone attacked.
The U.S. military announced that two drones flew over Libya currently permanently. One Saturday destroyed a multiple rocket launcher near Misrata. Although humanitarian aid supplied by sea, mainly due to ro-the International Organization for Migration (IOM), ranging up to Benghazi, further east, to evacuate people from all nationalities, the situation has deteriorated Misrata, where water is not potable.
"We lack everything: equipment, personnel, medicines. We operate continuously in all our blocks," said Dr. Abu Falra, as ambulances arrived every five or ten minutes. In parallel, NATO launched new attacks on Tripoli night. Several explosions were heard. One such explosion shook the building of the hotel where foreign journalists are stationed near the center of the capital.
NATO said its planes had carried out more than three thousand outlets since taking the reins of operations in late March. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over 570 thousand people have fled to Libya since the beginning of the revolt against the regime on 15 February. 
The Libyan Deputy Foreign Kaaim Khaled said Saturday night that the regime's armed forces suspended their operations in Misrata to allow tribes to seek a peaceful solution. But in the early hours of Sunday, Grad rockets exploded in bursts in the city and gunfire could be heard almost uninterrupted automatic weapons, according to AFP journalists at the scene.
A French journalist whose identity was not reported seriously injured Saturday night in Misrata, but was out of danger after undergoing surgery, hospital officials said. The rebels confirmed the presence of tribal fighters in the ranks of Gadhafi troops. "Sometimes we fight against the army men in uniform and sometimes against men in civilian clothes.
Now there are tribal fighters from the south," said Omar Rajab, 29-year rebel fighter. The rebels announced they had managed to push back the troops from Gadhafi. An important section of the street Tripoli front line came under rebel control and the insurgents took over the building Tameen where ambushed fracotiradores wreak havoc for several days.
"Gadhafi's men retreat. The rebels are trying to encircle the old public hospital. This is the last stronghold to defend, but still resist," said Dr. Hakim Zaggut, returning from the front. For the first time since the international military intervention on 19 March, a U.S. drone attacked.
The U.S. military announced that two drones flew over Libya currently permanently. One Saturday destroyed a multiple rocket launcher near Misrata. Although humanitarian aid supplied by sea, mainly due to ro-the International Organization for Migration (IOM), ranging up to Benghazi, further east, to evacuate people from all nationalities, the situation has deteriorated Misrata, where water is not potable.
"We lack everything: equipment, personnel, medicines. We operate continuously in all our blocks," said Dr. Abu Falra, as ambulances arrived every five or ten minutes. In parallel, NATO launched new attacks on Tripoli night. Several explosions were heard. One such explosion shook the building of the hotel where foreign journalists are stationed near the center of the capital.
NATO said its planes had carried out more than three thousand outlets since taking the reins of operations in late March. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over 570 thousand people have fled to Libya since the beginning of the revolt against the regime on 15 February.
- Libyan rebels: 36 killed in Misrata since Saturday - Reuters (24/04/2011)
- Caring For Misrata Is Humanitarian Groups' Battle (24/04/2011)
- Misrata 'to be dealt with by the tribes' - BBC News (23/04/2011)
- You: Gaddafi troops suspend operations in Misrata (24/04/2011)
- Libya Rebels Drive Gaddafi's Forces Out Of Misrata (24/04/2011)
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