The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 10 victims – eight deaths and two injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya Oct. 1 to 31.
UNSMIL documented the victims, killed during the gunfire of war in Benghazi (four killed and one injured), al-Fuqha (four killed), and al-Zawiya (one injured).
UNSMIL documented eight additional victims of other possible violations of international humanitarian law and violations or abuses of international human rights law in Derna, al-Zawiya and Awbari.
The United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee met the head of the UNSMIL Ghassan Salaméthe at the UNSMIL headquarter in Tripoli to discuss common interests during his two-day-visit.
The Security Council has not given more details on whether it will renew the sanctions against politicians accused of obstructing the political process in Libya, or will add new sanction lists including militants involved in war crimes.
On Oct. 29, Islamic State (IS) militants attacked Al-Fuqaha town in central Libya with 25 vehicles, killing four people, kidnapping others and torching a police station.
Local sources said the area in Jufra District has been controlled by the militants in the aftermath, adding that around 20 young men, including policemen, were kidnapped.
The attack on al-Fuqaha, south of the former IS bastion of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast, began at 1 a.m.
They added that the militants led the young men to a rural road, and some heard sounds of gunfire at nearby farms. It has not been made clear whether these men were killed or the militants were celebrating their control over the area.
The Libyan National Army (LNA) responded to the attack, but the militants had fled to south toward the town Sebha. IS claims that it targeted the LNA vehicle chasing it through desert roads with an explosive device, killing and wounding those who were on board.
The attack comes after a statement issued by the Presidency Council called for an end to the insecurity at the area and to take some measures to improve the situation.
“Currently, four people from the al-Fuqaha have died as a result of the attack. Among them is the son of the chairman of the local council in Jufra district,” the Municipal Council of Jufra District wrote on Facebook.
