TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A resident of Misrata says rebel fighters have driven Moammar Gadhafi’s forces to the edge of the besieged city in western Libya, but that government forces continue to attack with rockets.
The resident says rebel fighters on Sunday cleared the rest of Tripoli Street, a thoroughfare previously controlled by Gadhafi loyalists. He says opposition forces took control of the main hospital in the area.
The Misrata resident who asked to be identified only by his given name, Abdel Salam, for fear of retribution, said two people were killed and that government troops fired 70 rockets at Misrata.
Late Saturday, a Libyan government official claimed that troops had halted operations in Misrata as part of an attempt by tribal chiefs to negotiate with the rebels.
