\n Air raids on Tripoli Sunday night killed four people and wounded 37, Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) said Monday, blaming the attacks on strongman Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA).\n<\/p>\n
\n This came a day after a similar attack on the capital killed another four civilians and injured 20, according to the GNA.\n<\/p>\n
\n Haftar's LNA launched an offensive against Tripoli, the seat of the internationally-recognised GNA, on April 4.\n<\/p>\n
\n After initial gains, Haftar's forces have encountered stiff resistance on the southern outskirts and his troops have been pushed back in some areas.\n<\/p>\n
\n At least 278 people have been killed and more than 1,300 wounded in the clashes, according to a toll released Wednesday by the World Health Organization.\n<\/p>\n
\n The GNA accuses Haftar of using foreign planes to carry out air strikes, without naming a country of origin.\n<\/p>\n
\n After Sunday's raids, \"public hospitals received four dead people -- three civilians and a soldier, and 37 wounded, Amin al-Hachemi, a spokesman for the GNA health ministry told AFP.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"The toll may rise given that victims have been transported to private hospitals.\"\n<\/p>\n
\n The parts of Tripoli struck were Abou Slim, a densely-populated residential area in the south, and Ain Zara, a southern suburb that has seen several violent clashes in recent weeks.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman for the LNA confirmed Saturday's strikes on the capital, but said they were aimed at military targets.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"The capital is experiencing an escalation in the military offensive, war crimes, and indiscriminate bombings of residential areas, public facilities and infrastructure,\" Mohanad Younes, a spokesman for the GNA, said on the government's Facebook page.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"Unmanned foreign planes participated in these raids, the latest ones having hit homes in Ain Zara and Abou Slim,\" said Younes.\n<\/p>\n
\n The responsibility for these acts, he added, rests \"with the states which support the belligerent forces of the criminal Haftar\".\n<\/p>\n
\n Haftar's offensive has sharpened fault lines in policy towards Libya among world powers.\n<\/p>\n
\n On April 18, Russia and the United States opposed a British bid backed by France and Germany at the UN Security Council to demand a ceasefire in the North African country.\n<\/p>\n
\n The White House revealed the next day that Donald Trump had reached out personally to Haftar in a phone call, during which the US president \"recognised Field Marshal Haftar's significant role in fighting terrorism and securing Libya's oil resources\".\n<\/p>\n
\n The country has been mired in chaos since the NATO-backed uprising that deposed and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.\n<\/p>\n
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