And in Brussels, a NATO official said that NATO planes had destroyed 11 tanks of regime on the road from the Eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya and another 14 tanks near Misrata. On the diplomatic front, an African Union delegation high rank was en route to the Sunday Libya to present a plan for a ceasefire. Rebel, said they had captured 15 mercenaries Algerians and another killed three in the fighting in Ajdabiya the previous day.
Medics said at least 12 rebels were killed in and around Ajdabiya over the weekend. Responsible for the Benghazi hospital Jala said having received nine "martyrs" of fighting and 14 wounded, and a doctor at the Al-Hawwara hospital said that have received three dead and three wounded. The air strikes on Misrata came on Sunday morning, said a spokesman for rebels in the besieged city describing the raids as "an improvement in the intervention of NATO".
"They have started raids yesterday on the forces of Gaddafi, in the Northwest of the city and near the centre of Misrata," said the spokesman.
"In the morning, there were new raids, but we are not able to verify targets," he said, adding that eight rebels were killed by the forces of pro-Gaddafi and 22 others were injured Saturday.
A doctor in Misrata, the hospital gave the same number of deaths for Saturday, saying that they included civilians, while putting the number of injured to 25. The doctor said that the hospital had received three bodies Sunday, two rebels and a civilian, adding that it was possible that there could be more deaths in other medical institutions.
"As of noon today, NATO air strikes have taken out 11 tanks on the road to Ajdabiya and strikes will continue through the day and this evening," said a NATO official in Brussels. "Clearly the Ajdabiya situation is dire and Gaddafi forces attacked the town with heavy weapons."
Loud explosions rocked Ajdabiya for a second day Sunday, as rebel fighters advanced cautiously after having suffered a major setback at the hands of Loyalists.
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