The aircraft of retired Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar launched a new raid on Tripoli International Airport on Tuesday, while the correspondent of the island news of security measures to hunt down "sleeper cells" inside the Libyan capital.

The Anatolia news agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the shelling did not cause any damage and that the vicinity of the airport did not witness armed confrontations, after it remained in the past days a scene of fighting between the forces of the government of national accord and the internationally recognized Hafter forces, which are campaigning against Tripoli.

On the other hand, local media reported that the warplanes of the government of the National Accord hit seven trucks to transport fuel in the area of ​​Choueirf (400 km from Tripoli), was heading to the city of Griyan (about 100 km south of the capital), taken by the forces of Hafar center to launch attacks on Tripoli .

Last Thursday, Haftar launched a military campaign to take control of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, the headquarters of the national reconciliation government, which was met with strong condemnation from the United Nations and many Western powers.

While the fighting is currently taking place on two main points south of the capital, Tripoli airport, and the areas of Ain Zara and Wadi al-Rabie, the use of air force by both sides has expanded.

A field commander in the operation of the volcano of anger - announced by the government of the Accord in response to the campaign of Haftar - that the operation forces advanced in the axis of Azizia (south-west of Tripoli) and fought with the forces of Haftar lasted ten hours.

Reuters reported that the casualties in the battle of Tripoli increased on Tuesday, and quoted the World Health Organization as saying that local hospitals announced the death of 47 people and injured 181 others in recent days.

"Most of the victims are combatants, but there are also civilians, including two doctors," WHO spokesman Tariq Ghassarovic said in a statement in Geneva.

Preparation of arrest warrants
In the meantime, Al-Jazeera quoted a source in the presidential council of the government of Al-Wefaq as saying that the Council of Ministers has assigned the military prosecutor and the Ministry of Justice to inventory the lists of officers, soldiers and civilians involved in the attack on the capital and prepare arrest warrants for them and circulate them internally and externally.

According to the same source, the Council of Ministers has assigned the Ministry of the Interior and the security services to the headquarters of "sleeper cells that destabilize the capital" and to arrest its members.

Forces loyal to the government of reconciliation prepare to fight (Anatolia)

The Council of Ministers also decided to assign the Ministries of Finance, Interior and Defense to review the lists of salaries belonging to the aggressor forces with a view to stopping them.

On the other hand, the United Nations renewed its call for a temporary humanitarian truce in Libya, in order to provide emergency services and allow the exit of civilians, especially the wounded, from the fighting zones.

The escalation of violence in and around Tripoli has led to the displacement of about 2,800 people, said the UN humanitarian coordinator in Libya, Maria Ribeiro.

On the other hand, the French presidency said in a statement that President Emmanuel Makron discussed in the past two days telephone developments in Libya with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich, President of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Reconciliation Government Faiz Al-Sarraj and retired General Khalifa Hafter.

McCron, according to the Elysee statement, expressed serious concern over recent developments, stressing that there is no military solution to the conflict in Libya. The French president stressed the need to act immediately to end the fighting and reduce tension, and expressed support for the mediation efforts of the United Nations.