Fighting in the Libyan city of Derna has escalated to unprecedented levels, with air raids and shelling of residential areas as well as heavy ground clashes, the United Nations humanitarian office said on Thursday.
There were severe water, food and medicine shortages, and electricity and water had been completely cut off for the city's 125,000 residents, it said in a report.
The eastern city has been encircled since July 2017 by the Libyan National Army (LNA), whose commander, Khalifa Haftar, opposes the internationally recognised government based in the country's west.