The World Health Organisation says that six health workers have been killed and 10 others have been injured since violence erupted after the start of a campaign by the Libyan National Army to take the capital Tripoli.
The WHO says that a further four health facilities have been hit by airstrikes and 19 ambulances have been struck.
The Libyan National Army, led by Khalifa Haftar, began a campaign on April 4 to take over the Tripoli where the United Nations-backed government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj is based.
Forces loyal to al-Serraj have been engaged in conflict with Haftar’s forces since resulting in the deaths of 653 people and another 3,547 others being injured, according to the UN.
Despite these events, the WHO says it has deployed a fourth emergency medical team to support hospitals with mass casualty management.
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 been a much bigger challenge. The LNA has conducted air strikes on the south of the city as it seeks to advance along a road from a disused former international airport.
The military action has received international condemnation.
Libya descended into chaos in 2011 following the ouster and killing of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
