Haftar forces continue indiscriminate shelling .. A family was killed during breakfast and the United Nations condemns

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that a family of four people was killed by shells falling in the area south of Tripoli. The United Nations has considered these attacks, which are mostly attributed to Haftar, to amount to war crimes.

The media adviser to the Libyan Ministry of Health, Amin Al Hashemi, said in a statement to Anatolia, that an entire family was killed, including a woman, as a result of a shell that landed on their house in Ain Zara. Al-Hashemi added that the shell landed on the family's house while it was sitting at the breakfast table.

Earlier Friday, government forces announced that the Haftar militia had bombed the Maitika International Airport in western Tripoli and a residential area surrounding the airport. 

The forces of Haftar had targeted, on Thursday evening, Grad rockets surrounding the residence of the Italian and Turkish ambassadors in the Zawiyah Dahmani area in Tripoli, killing two members of the security forces charged with protecting diplomatic headquarters.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed El-Taher Siala had contacted the Italian ambassadors, Giuseppe Puccini and the Turkish Serhat Axin to check on them.

The Libyan Foreign Ministry said that the bombing of Haftar's forces was close to the residence of the Italian and Turkish ambassadors, which violates international law and international humanitarian law, which call for the protection of diplomatic missions.

As for the Turkish ambassador, he said in a letter to Reuters that a Grad missile landed on the Supreme Court building adjacent to his country's embassy, ​​and that another missile landed near the Libyan Foreign Ministry.

For its part, the Italian Foreign Ministry condemned on Friday the missile attack launched by Haftar forces on a number of areas in Tripoli. It added that the attack killed at least two people in the area where the Italian ambassador resides.

The European Union also strongly condemned the targeting of civilians and the headquarters of diplomatic missions in Libya, and described it as unacceptable.

Field developments
In related field developments, the Libyan army forces and the support force of the Libyan National Accord government confirmed continued fighting over the Al-Wattia military base southwest of the capital Tripoli.

Al-Wattayah base is considered the most fortified military base in Libya, and inside it the crowds of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter's forces gather, and from there his fighters launch to raid the neighborhoods of Tripoli.

Al-Wefaq government forces say they will not stop their attack on the Al-Watiyah base until they extract them from Haftar’s forces. The departure of the air base from Haftar’s control means dismantling a hotbed of militia and mercenaries who fight among the forces of the retired brigade.

It is noteworthy that since April 4, 2019, Haftar forces, backed by regional and European countries, have launched a stalled attack to control Tripoli.

Although he agreed to a humanitarian truce to confront the Corona pandemic, Haftar continued his attack, forcing the forces of the Al-Wefaq government to launch a military operation in the name of the "Peace Storm", which subsequently took control of several cities on the West Coast.

UN condemnation
The United Nations Mission in Libya has condemned these indiscriminate attacks on residential neighborhoods in Tripoli, which led to the fall of civilians. The mission said that these attacks, which were mostly attributed to the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, amounted to war crimes. The UN mission has indicated that it will continue to document violations in Libya by sharing it, as appropriate, with experts and the International Criminal Court.

Stephanie Williams, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, called for those responsible for obstructing the Berlin Agreement to be held accountable, and they held them responsible for the flow of mercenaries into the country.

In remarks to the island, Williams criticized the flow of mercenaries from Russia, Sudan, Chad and Syria to Libya, stressing the need to stop all kinds of interference in the country and abide by the agreement signed in Berlin, or else the parties responsible for the violations should be held accountable, she said.

It showed that the Libyans are suffering because of unacceptable foreign interference, and the easiest way to help them is to stop interference from all sides, and that there is an obligation to the agreement signed in Berlin.

In a related context, Williams considered that a breakthrough occurred in the Libyan crisis through positive data that can be built upon.

Williams added to Al Jazeera that the path of a political solution in Libya is not vague, and that the Libyans want a unified government and institutions, and a clear road map for a solution in their country.

This comes at a time when the British embassy in Tripoli, in a tweet, condemned on Twitter the bombing of downtown Tripoli, which killed civilians.

The embassy said that the bombing was contrary to international laws, as there was no clear military objective, and called for an end to such violations and the return of all parties to dialogue and respect for the armistice.