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Airwars assessment
At least three and as many as six civilians – most of them children – died in airstrikes on Derna, according to sources on the ground.
LNA reported that its MiG-23 carried out air raids near the Western gates of Derna. While the LNA report didn’t mention civilian casualties, local sources reported between three and five dead and eight injured civilians in Bab Sheha in the western part of the city centre. Alwasat identified three names including two children.
According to Arabi21, “two children and a woman were killed in the city of Derna, east as a result of the bombing by military aircraft belonging to Khalifa Hafter. Others, including children, were wounded.”
Heba Mahmoud put the death toll higher, with “a woman and five children killed and four residential buildings damaged by shelling”.
Wkalat Wady Dynar Alakhbarya joined some other sources in reporting that a middle-aged woman died in addition to children, though no name was given.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Al Jabal Company (شركة الجبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.769444, 22.617222. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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A picture shows a civilian house destroyed following an alleged LNA airstrike on Derna (Source: Alwasat news)
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A picture shows a child, killed or injured followed an alleged LNA airstrike on Derna (Source: Alwasat news) -