Islamist fighters fired rockets at the Benina Airbase in Benghazi, reportedly killing 10 Operation Dignity soldiers and wounding 25 more. Operation Dignity placed itself nominally under the government’s Chief of Staff. Heavy fighting also erupted west of Tripoli between Islamists and forces loyal to the government, and a hotel was sacked and pillaged. The manager of a state social services fund was kidnapped in Obari. The Libya Central Shield militia, a member of the Islamist Libya Dawn coalition, offered to negotiate with the UN’s special envoy.
