Portuguese nationality … First image of the pilot of the plane dropped by the Haftar forces

Sources from the Libyan national army and witnesses told Reuters: "Marshal Hafer's forces shot down a military plane belonging to the reconciliation government in Tripoli.

Al-Arabiya has published a photo of the pilot, a Portuguese national.

In April, the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces, Major General Ahmad Al-Mismari, announced the dropping of a Mirage F-1 fighter plane belonging to the government of national reconciliation through the 39, an anti-al-Jafra ground air base of the Libyan National Army.

He then announced the discovery of the wreckage of the warplane, shot down by the anti-war under the pretext of wanting to target the JAFRA airbase of the national army Libyan, south of the country, "according to Almsmari.

The Libyan government of national reconciliation announced on Tuesday that 710 fighters have been killed since fighting broke out in Tripoli in April.

According to a statement issued by the Libyan Army of the Government of Al-Wefaq, he said: "The seven statements attached are considered martyrs and are treated in terms of benefits and rights in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 1 of 2014 on the care of families of martyrs and the missing of the revolution of 17 February. "

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Since the fall of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya, an oil-rich country, has witnessed various internal conflicts, but the attack launched Thursday by the Hafar forces marked a sharp deterioration between the two rival authorities .

The ruling government in Libya is headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, formed in late 2015 as part of a UN-sponsored Tripoli-based agreement. The authorities of eastern Libya are supported by the Libyan National Army led by Marshal Khalifa Hafer.