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In Misrata: the humanitarian crisis deteriorating

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The humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating in besieged Misrata, Libya's third city, and could turn critical, the Red Cross warned Friday.


"Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Misrata have been caught up in ongoing fighting for seven weeks now," the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement, referring to the rebel-held western city.


"The humanitarian situation could rapidly deteriorate further and the lack of basic services such as water, electricity, food and medical care could turn critical," warned Simon Brooks, ICRC head of mission in Benghazi.

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Brooks said the main water pipe to the city was cut and people were now accessing water from "local wells and on the desalination plant that was until recently used to produce water for industrial purposes."


"The scarcity of fuel is affecting the energy supply for essential infrastructure and for domestic use," said Brooks.


"The health-care situation has deteriorated, with reported increases in the numbers of wounded and killed. The main hospital in Misrata is having difficulty coping with the influx of patients and is suffering from a shortage of medicines, mainly those used for chronic diseases."


The ICRC, which has access to Misrata from both the rebel stronghold of Benghazi as well as Tripoli, is stepping up its operational response there.


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"In the past two days, an ICRC team has distributed three cubic metres of medical supplies to Al Hikma Hospital," the statement said.


"In addition, 150 hygiene kits, 20 cubic metres of food and 8,000 litres of water have been handed over to the Libyan Red Crescent Society and distributed in cooperation with their volunteers."


Government forces retreated in Libya's coastal city of Misrata after two months of siege, but seized a rebel town in the remote Western Mountains, with no sign yet of Muammar Gaddafi being dislodged from power.


"Misrata is free, the rebels have won. Of Gaddafi's forces, some are killed and others are running away," a rebel spokesmen said in the rebel coastal city, where a punishing two-month siege that killed hundreds appeared to have been broken.


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Nevertheless, the overall trend of fighting in Libya is still far from clear in a civil war that has seen seesaw victories for both sides. Al Jazeera television reported that heavy fighting continued on Saturday around a hospital in western Misrata being used as a base by Gaddafi's forces.


NATO aircraft has bombarded south-western parts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, killing seven civilians, reports AFP, quoting Libyan state television.


In addition, the Libyan state information agency Jana says NATO planes have also attacked the town of Bir al-Ghanam, to the south of Tripoli, killing four more civilians there.


The attacks of the “crusader aggressors” were aimed at civilian and military targets and destroyed several houses in Tripoli, claims Libyan TV.


Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera reports on Thursday morning that NATO aircraft have struck the crucial oil-production city of Ajdabiya in the west of the country.


The United States launched its first Predator drone strike in Libya on Saturday, the Defense Department said in a statement.


It did not provide details on the target of the strike, saying only that it occurred in the early afternoon local time in Libya.


Gates announced on Thursday that the unmanned aircraft would be used in Libya for Hellfire missile attacks on the forces of leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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