Tripoli experiences shortages of water, power and medical supplies amid clashes between rival Libyan camps, ICRC says.
The humanitarian situation has greatly deteriorated around the Libyan capital Tripoli, where “densely populated residential areas are gradually turning into battlefields,” the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said.
Hospitals are struggling with chronic shortages of medical supplies amid power outages and weakened water pumping stations, the aid agency said on Thursday, after three weeks of clashes around the capital between renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s eastern forces and troops
loyal to the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA).
“It is crucial that hospitals, medical facilities, health staff and vehicles transporting the wounded are allowed to carry out their activities safely,” the ICRC said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Twitter that 278 people have been killed in the last three weeks, while 1,332 others have been wounded.
Southern suburbs and nearby villages have been heavily fought over and shelled, with territory regularly changing hands.
