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A field hospital belonging to the Al-Wefaq government forces, south of the capital, Tripoli, was hit by an air strike that killed five doctors and injured eight people of varying degrees of severity, according to Al-Wefaq. Hamashi, spokesman of the Ministry of Health of the Al-Wefaq government.
For its part, the Presidential Council of the Accord Government stated that the targeting of field hospitals and civilian facilities had become an approach to the retired Khalifa Hafter Brigade forces and that it was a war crime within the meaning of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
The government emphasized in a statement that its forces exercise their legitimate right to defend the capital, in full respect of international humanitarian law and the general norms of war.
The field hospitals in the Libyan capital, near the scene of the clashes, are subject to frequent air strikes by the Hafak government.
The World Health Organization has repeatedly asked to avoid targeting medical personnel providing ambulance services to the victims of the fighting.
The relevant government authorities also monitor and document these crimes, in order to bring perpetrators of these crimes to local and international courts, according to a presidential statement.
Since April 4, Hafar's forces have continued their offensive to take control of Tripoli, seat of the UN-backed government of national reconciliation.
Since the fighting began, about 1,100 people have been killed and 5,562 injured, including civilians, while the number of displaced has exceeded 100,000, according to UN agencies.
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