Libya's government said the air strike North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has killed more than 700 civilians since the bombing that they lancarakan since last May.
Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the approximately four thousand people have been injured, but he did not provide concrete evidence about these claims.
NATO itself has denied killing civilians and said that air strikes are carried out to protect citizens from the forces Gaddafi of Libya.
Four powerful explosions could be felt in the capital city of Tripoli on Tuesday night. The planes came airs above the capital, but it is still unknown target of the plane.
"From March 19 until May 26, has 718 martyrs who are civilians and 4.067 people were injured, 433 of whom suffered serious injuries," Ibrahim said during a news conference in the capital Tripoli, as reported by the BBC on Wednesday (06/01/2011) .
He said the amount is not counted from government forces. But he said that the number of victims were scattered throughout the country, not just concentrated in the capital alone.
He also denied that Moammar Gaddafi's meeting with South African president Jacob Zuma, to discuss the "way out".
While the president Zuma issued a statement saying that Gaddafi will not leave his country, although under pressure from the international community.
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