Various sources reported about 18 airstrikes and artillery shelling near the Sabri and fish market areas of Benghazi. Some sources named the UAE as the belligerent, others the LNA.
There were no public reports of civilian harm at the time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
One civilian was allegedly killing by LNA artillery shelling on Ain Zara.
The Libya Observer reported: “One civilian person was killed and others were wounded as Khalifa Haftar’s forces shelled a residential area in Ain Zara in southern Tripoli on Sunday, the Volcano of Rage media office said.
Identical sources reported shells falling on Salah Al-Deen near the Customs Department office, causing damage to two houses.
The spokesman for the Anti-terrorism Force Abdelbasit Tika said Haftar’s forces are using mortars in most frontlines and that they had obtained Howitzers launcher and it was being used by Russian mercenaries.”
There is currently no more information available.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Up to ten civilians were allegedly injured by an LNA airstrike near the Ministry of Interior in Tripoli.
Al Wasat said: “A mother and her husband and four of their children were injured as a result of an aerial bombardment that hit their house on the airport road in the capital Tripoli.”
The Libya Observer reported: “The spokesman for the Ambulance Apparatus Osama Ali said ten civilians including women and children were injured in the airstrike that hit the Interior Ministry’s headquarters, adding that they were sent to Abu Salim Accidents Hospital for medical treatment.”
According to Libya Alahrar TV, ten civilians, including four children and one woman were injured.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Reports of the incident mention the Ministry of Interior (وزارة الداخلية) near the Airport road (طريق المطار) in Tripoli (طرابلس). The coordinates for the Ministry of Interior are: 32.840074 13.148217
Up to six civilians including children were injured and one killed after the Tripoli neighbourhood of the Hadaba project was shelled, most likely by LNA forces.
Several shells appear to have caused civilian harm, including one which struck the home of Omar Al-Ayat and one which fell outside a nearby mosque.
Burkan al Ghadab reported the following: “In continuation of its criminal record targeting civilians and residential neighborhoods as a result of the indiscriminate shelling of people in the municipality of Abu Salim, yesterday evening, property and homes in the agricultural plateau project were subjected to intense indiscriminate shelling, resulting in the injury of more than 6 civilians, including a child who was in critical condition, and the martyrdom of another person who fell with him. The shell [dropped] as they were leaving the mosque, and three other civilians were wounded by shrapnel.”
The incident occured during the night.
Reports of the incident mention the Hadaba project (مشروع الهضبة) in Tripoli (طرابلس). The coordinates for the Hadaba project are: 32.838333 13.175278. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Three civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on Ain Zara.
The Libya Observer wrote: “Three foreign workers were injured when a shell fired by Haftar’s militias hit their workplace in Ain Zara district, south of Tripoli, on Saturday evening, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Fawzi Onis has confirmed.
Haftar’s militias continue to indiscriminately and deliberately target civilian population and facilities with alarming frequency, despite their formal commitment to the truce announced on January 12.”
Libya Alahrar TV and Tk Yahroug Kl shy also reported three African expats injured. Tk Yahroug Kl shy said several shells fell in the Al Diplomasi neighbourhood of Ain Zara.
The incident occured in the evening.
Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Adduplomasi (الدبلوماسي), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.832547, 13.18911. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Several civilians were allegedly killed and four policemen were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on Ain Zara.
Hona Souq Al-Khmies said: “Pictures showing some of the effects of the missile bombing of the rebel war criminal militia Haftar on the Correction and Rehabilitation Institution Ain Zara Al-Ruwaimi, which houses more than 420 inmates, causing injury to four members of the judicial police, 72 hours before the deceptive announcement of the spokesman of Haftar about the false cessation of the launch fire.”
The Libya Observer wrote that three guards and a paramedic were injured.
Tk Yahroug Kl shy said: “Some police and prisoners died in Al-Ruwaimi prison after random shells fell on the prison.” It added that 20 shells hit the facility.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Al Ruwaini Prison (سجن الرويني) within Ain Zara (عين زارة) for which the generic coordinates are: 32.803608, 13.293285. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
A civilian died of his injuries and nine others, including four children, were wounded in alleged Libyan National Army shelling on Arada neighbourhood in Tripoli on April 18th, 2020, according to local sources.
Souq Al Khamis reported on April 18th that “several rockets hit civilian homes in Arada.” Burkan Al Ghadab Operation reported the “bombing of the Haftar terrorist militia on the homes of citizens in the Arada region, which resulted in the injury of 10 citizens, including four children, and severe damage to civilian homes and properties.”
The Field Medicine and Support Center reported that several shells injured several civilians around noon. The FMSC published the names of ten victims, among which the children Jana Abdel Moneim Al Bouaishi (7), Youssef Abdel Moneim Al Bouaishi (4), Mohamed Ismail Al Bouaishi (5) and Abdul Malik Muhammad Al Bouaishi (5).
According to the FMSC, Najeeb Jumaa Al Gharyani (40) was wounded while putting out fire after the strikes. Burkan Al Ghadab Operation later wrote on Facebook that Al Gharyani had died from his injuries, adding that he was working for a department of Maitika International Airport, and was injured while he was “fullfilling his professional duty.”
Burkan Al Ghadab operation and Libya Al Ahrar blamed Haftar militias for the artillery shelling.
The incident occured around midday.
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Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Arada (عرادة), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.871846, 13.245006. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
One civilian doctor was allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Wadi Al Rabie.
Al Wasat said: “The field medicine center mourned the doctor Ayman Abdel Hamid Al-Haramah, who was killed in the clashes areas south of Tripoli.
The field medicine center said, Saturday, ‘The field medicine and support center mourns the martyr of duty Dr. Ayman Abdel Hamid Al-Haramah, who was martyred this morning Saturday while fulfilling his national and humanitarian duty to save the wounded and injured in the clashes that have taken place in the suburbs of the capital Tripoli since Thursday.'”
Ahmed Al Shar said he was killed by a bullet.
The GNA-led Burkan Al Ghadab operation claimed that his ambulance was targeted by warplanes.
His family later filed a lawsuit against the LNA leader Khalifa Haftar saying: “54. Plaintiff Abdulhameed Al-Harramah’s son, Dr. Ayman Al-Harramah, was always
dedicated and committed to humanitarian work. He worked alongside the Children’s
Hospital as a member of many civil society organizations related to humanitarian
activities.
55. He and his colleagues founded the ‘All Doctors Foundation’ before the revolution of
2011. It provided a variety of services, including the distribution of recordings of
additional lectures that medical students and other students were unable to attend or
have no material resources.
56. On April 6, 2019, in the Spring Valley area, also known in Arabic as ‘Wady Al-
Rabii’, Dr. Ayman al-Harramah was doing his work providing medical care and
saving lives in a civilian field hospital when Defendant Haftar indiscriminately
bombed the hospital, killing Dr. Ayman al-Harramah.
57. Plaintiff Abdulhameed Al-Harramah is grief stricken about the loss of his son.”
The incident occured in the morning.
Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Wadi Al Rabie (الطويشة), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.709600, 13.382378. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.