4 hospital staff injured in Libya air raid: health ministry

Four hospital staff were injured in an air strike Tuesday near the Libyan capital, more than three months into a battle for Tripoli, the country's UN-recognised authorities said.

"Swani field hospital was the target of an air raid that injured three ambulance workers and a rescue doctor," said Lamine al-Hashemi, a spokesman for the health ministry run by the Government of National Accord (GNA).

He told AFP that equipment at the hospital south of the capital had been damaged in the raid.

"Although it's outside the combat zone, this was the second time that the Swani hospital has been hit" since military strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an assault on April 4 to seize Tripoli from the GNA, said ministry official Fawzi Ounis.

Humanitarian organisations have called on both sides in the conflict to spare medical personnel.

Haftar's campaign to wrestle Tripoli from pro-GNA forces has left nearly 1,093 people dead, including 106 civilians, and over 5,750 wounded, the UN's World Health Organization said Monday in an updated casualty toll.

The fighting has also forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes.

Related Links
Space War News

Tweet

Thanks for being there;
We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.

SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5+ Billed Monthly

paypal only

SpaceDaily Contributor
$5 Billed Once

credit card or paypal

Air strikes hit hospital, kill 11 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor
Jisr Al-Shughur, Syria (AFP) July 10, 2019
Regime and Russian air strikes on northwestern Syria on Wednesday killed 11 civilians including four children and knocked a hospital out of service, a monitor said. The raids are the latest in an uptick in deadly government and Russian bombardment since late April on the jihadist-administered region of Idlib despite a months-old truce deal. Regime air strikes killed seven civilians including three children in the town of Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Ri ... read more