The World Health Organisation said the number of people killed in the conflict in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has risen to 739, with 41 of those killed identified as civilians.
The WHO also said the number of people injured has also risen to 4,407, with 137 of those being civilians.
Since early April, the Libyan National Army, led by General Khalifa Haftar, has been on an offensive to take Tripoli, the base for the internationally-recognised government of Fayez al-Serraj.
Haftar’s LNA, which backs the eastern administration in Benghazi, took the oil-rich south of Libya earlier this year before advancing fast through largely unpopulated desert regions toward Tripoli.
Seizing the capital, however, has proved a much bigger challenge. The LNA had previously conducted air strikes on the south of the city in an attempt to advance along a road from a disused former international airport.
On Friday, flights at Mitiga international airport, Tripoli’s only operational airport, were suspended following a hit on its perimeter by rocket fire, according to a spokesman for Libyan Airlines.
Despite the dangers of the conflict, the WHO said it will continue to ship medicines and ensure that health workers have the necessary requirements to treat people injured in the conflict.
19 ambulances have been impacted or suffered collateral damage since the fighting began, according to the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office. Additionally, six health workers have been killed and 10 others have been wounded in the conflict.
