A number of residents of the city of Misrata, northwest of Libya, took to the streets and participated in stops, to express their challenge to the retired Libyan Major General Khalifa Hifter, and they rejected the deadline he set for the city to withdraw its children from the Battle of Tripoli, which ended midnight Wednesday.

The pioneers of social networking sites shared photos and videos of residents celebrating in Misurata, stressing that they refused the deadline, and Misurata is located approximately 190 km east of Tripoli.

Haftar - whose forces have launched a new attack on the capital, Tripoli recently - has set a deadline for the city of Misurata to withdraw its fighters who are fighting in the ranks of the internationally recognized government of reconciliation in the capital and return to their city, otherwise the air strikes will target all vital sites there at all times, according to Threatening him.

On December 20, Haftar forces set this deadline for three days, and then announced that it would extend it for another three days. It ended last night.

The forces of the Al-Wefaq government announced their refusal of the deadline, and Mustafa al-Majei, a spokesman for the media center for the "Barkan Al-Anger" affiliated with the Al-Wefaq government, said, "The extension of Haftar's deadline for Misurata forces to withdraw is justification for its failure at zero hours to storm Tripoli, which was previously announced."

Al-Majei indicated that the city "announced the state of the horn, and chose to confront and repel Haftar's aggression against the capital."

The notables and notables of the city of Misurata confirmed earlier that the city forces will continue to defend the capital, Tripoli, against what they called "brute aggression," and stressed in a statement to them that their forces "will not surrender and will not relent."