Muammar Gaddafi forces shelled civilian areas, in the rebel-held town of Misrata, killing 10 people.
Rockets and other artillery violently Thursday in West Neighbourhood Garara of Misrata, sending deadly showers of the shrapnel.
At the city hospital Hikma, parents shouting "God is great" collected dead, each with the word "martyr" written in marker on their funeral shrouds white.
The battle of two months in the third largest city of the Libya killed hundreds and prompted the dire warnings of a humanitarian crisis. Better composed of Gaddafi forces fight doggedly to try to snatch the rebel fighters of their only major stronghold in the half West of the Libya, which is home to centers of power of the Government and Tripoli, the capital of the country.
"Everything which was normal and nothing happening, and then suddenly these missiles are descended and exploded in our neighbourhood," said Ali al-Ghoul, age of 46 years old, who was leaving a mosque where eight rockets struck nearby"killing five of its neighbors.
Rebel fighters of the city, most of these young people armed with captured weapons, led the forces of Gaddafi from the city centre this week, easing of movement in a large corridor of the city that pro-Government snipers had been deadly for more than a month.
Thursday, a rebel force of fighters approximately 50 advanced from the East of the city, killing 14 soldiers of the Government, said rebels of the Misrata spokesman, Ibrahim Beatelmal.
Yet, the city is subject to a continuous shelling with rockets and other artillery by the Government forces on its edges.
Rebel forces are focused on the conduct of their newly captured areas but are preparing to spend more from Gaddafi positions to stop the bombing, said Beatelmal.
"All of these areas have to be cleaned up", he said.
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