Fighting has also broken out between Libya’s former rebels and forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.
The fighting has come within a kilometre of the city’s hospital, which has been damaged after weeks of street battles.
Hospital staff are struggling to cope with the number of patients, and are working without any electricity or water.
Meanwhile, rebel forces seized a convention centre yesterday, in the town that served as a key base for gadhafi’s forces.
The Battle for Sirte Continues
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