The forces of the retired Libyan Major General Khalifa Haftar today bombed residential areas and a medical facility in the capital, Tripoli, which resulted in human and material losses.
An illegal immigrant from Ghana was killed and six others from Ghana and Niger were injured in indiscriminate shelling of Grad rockets launched by Haftar forces at Ghout Al-Rumman area in the Tajura suburb, east of the Libyan capital.
The media center for the "Volcano of Rage" of the National Accord Government stated that the six wounded were all wounded by shrapnel in different parts of the body, and one man was amputated, while another hand was broken.
In addition, two Libyans, who were driving their cars, were damaged in the shelling, according to the same source.
| Al-Khadra Hospital in Abu Salim neighborhood after the fall of Grad rockets in the area |
In another development, an official source at the Ministry of Health in the Al-Wefaq government confirmed that the drug stores of the Al-Khadra Hospital in Abu Salim area (south of Tripoli) had been subjected to missile shelling by Grad rockets, also fired by Haftar forces and landed in the vicinity of the stores and caused some damage, which is the third time that the hospital has been targeted.
The source said to the island that the bombing coincided with the emptying of a consignment of equipment and medicines inside one of these stores, which resulted in damage to the car that was carrying this shipment.
Haftar's forces have recently bombed the Al-Khadra Hospital and the medical and service facilities attached to it, prompting medical staff to evacuate patients who were among them infected with the Corona virus, according to the same source.
The media office of the Ministry of Health stated that the National Safety Authority in Tripoli put out a fire that broke out in the warehouses after its bombing, and explained that these stores are designated for the requirements of self-protection against the Corona virus.
Hifter's forces continue to target civilian facilities in Tripoli, such as the Maitika airport and hospitals, as they are under air strikes that have caused dozens of deaths in their ranks in recent days.
Recently, the government of Al-Wefaq government aircraft targeted Haftar forces and their supply lines around the cities of Tarhuna and Bani Walid, as well as the mid-coastal road between the cities of Misurata and Sirte.