Photo taken on May 1, 2020 shows a destroyed house in Tripoli, Libya. Indiscriminate shelling hit a residential area in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, killing two civilians and injuring two others. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua)
TRIPOLI, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Indiscriminate shelling hit a residential area in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, killing two civilians and injuring two others.
The UN-backed government's forces accused the rival eastern-based army of the shelling, to which the eastern-based army has not responded yet.
On the other hand, the UN-backed government's forces announced launching a total of 11 airstrikes on the eastern-based army.
"The air force launched five airstrikes on Watya air base (some 140 km southwest of the capital Tripoli) that targeted personnel and destroyed military vehicles (of the eastern-based army)," Mohamed Gonono, spokesman of the UN-backed government's forces, said in a statement.
According to the spokesman, another six airstrikes targeted a convoy of armed vehicles and individuals of the eastern-based army in Wadi Mursit area, some 180 km southwest of Tripoli.
The eastern-based army on Wednesday announced a humanitarian truce in the country during the holy month of Ramadan. However, the UN-backed government on Thursday rejected to stop military operations in Libya.
The war between the eastern-based army and the UN-backed government continues in and around Tripoli, despite repeated international calls for cease-fire.
