Rebels entering the city of Sirte the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. During the battle Sirte was left almost completely in ruins, with many buildings totally destroyed or damaged. A mortally wounded pro Gaddafi soldier being arrested in Sirte.
Rebel fighting against pro government soldiers inside a building in Tripoli street down town Misratah.The battle of Misratah lasted for 4 months and became the site of one of the major and most symbolic battles of the 9 months long armed uprising against the libyan dictatorship. During the siege, the city saw intense fighting and came under daily assaults and shelling leaving an estimated number of 3000 deaths and an uncertain number of wounded.
Rebels ready to invade a house where soldiers from the pro government forces had their base in the Zwaaby area in Misrata, Libya, after the rebels managed to take control of most of the areas controlled by the military forces, on 24 April 2011. Heavy fighting in Misrata had left at least 25 people dead and 100 injured, the Brnieq newspaper, which is based in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi reported. The rebels say at least 1,000 have been killed in Misurata, Libyas third most populous city, about 200 kilometres east of Tripoli.
Rebel fighters in a dispute with pro government soldiers in Tripoli street Misratah. The battle of Misratah lasted for 4 months and became the site of one of the major and most symbolic battles of the 9 months long armed uprising against the libyan dictatorship. During the siege, the city saw intense fighting and came under daily assaults and shelling leaving an estimated number of 3000 deaths and an uncertain number of wounded.
The battle of Misratah lasted for 4 months and became the site of one of the major and most symbolic battles of the 9 months long armed uprising against the libyan dictatorship. During the siege, the city saw intense fighting and came under daily assaults and shelling leaving an estimated number of 3000 deaths and an uncertain number of wounded.
A severely wounded pro Gaddafi soldier being captured by rebels in Tripoli street in Misratah. Ambulance drivers and doctors often received threats from rebel fighters and locals in situations they had to rescue and treat pro Gaddafi soldiers.
An ambulance ready to evacuate a dead rebel to Benghazi from the Ras Lanuf Hospital during the first days of combat. Without previous war experience, ambulance drivers, many time volunteers, risked their lives to rescue patients in the battler front lines in Libya.
The rebel fighter Hamid Shwaili falls and calls for help after being mortally wounded in a battle against soldiers loyal to the government of Muammar Gaddafi. The battle took place in one of the last pro government controlled parts of Tripoli Street in the city of Misratah.
Rebels entering the city of Sirte the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. During the battle Sirte was left almost completely in ruins, with many buildings totally destroyed or damaged...Rebels in the front line in the outskirts of Sirte
A poster of the ex Libyan Dictator Col Muammar Gaddafi being used as a doormat at the Hekma Hospital in Misratah
On April 13th, 2011, the 18 months old baby girl Rewas Alisalim died at the Hekma hospital in Misratah when the car she was driving with a person, possibly her father were hit by a uncertain type of heavy bomb fired by the forces loyal to Muamar Gaddafi, the 42 years long ruler of Libya. After months of war, living 24 hours at the hospital, in constant alert, deprived of proper sleep, eating and no personal privacy, doctors in Misratah showed signs of emotional suffering from invisible wounds caused by the traumas their were constantly exposed to. The battle of Misratah lasted for 4 months and became the site of one of the major and most symbolic battles of the 9 months long armed uprising against the libyan dictatorship. During the siege, the city saw intense fighting and came under daily assaults and shelling leaving an estimated number of 3000 deaths and an uncertain number of wounded.
Rebels entering the city of Sirte the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. During the battle Sirte was left almost completely in ruins, with many buildings totally destroyed or damaged. A Doctor helping a wounded man with a bullet wound in his leg.
When Muamar Gaddafi sent his soldiers to invade and retake Misratah, the 19 years old volunteer ambulance driver Omar Alhooty, said he wanted to join the revolution but were afraid of fighting. Omar soon became famous among the other drivers as the "man for the hard work" as he endured great risks and emotional stress to go inside high risk areas to rescue wounded persons.
A blood footprint in front of the Triage at the Misratah hospital.
Dead Gaddafi soldiers inside a house invaded by the rebels.
An ambulance arrives at the place where four medical personnel (one doctor, an ambulance driver and two nurses) were killed by a NATO air strike in the road between Ajdabia and Brega.
A doctor cries when four of his friends (one doctor, an ambulance driver and two nurses) were killed by a NATO air strike in the road between Ajdabia and Brega.
The unpredictability of shelling coming from the pro government forces caused panic to the poor organized rebels. Ambulances were often stuck in the middle of cars and armed men, blocking the road in panic.
Rebels entering the city of Sirte the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. During the battle Sirte was left almost completely in ruins, with many buildings totally destroyed or damaged. Rebels attacking the forces loyal to Col. Muamar Gaddafi in Sirte. battle taking place in a residential area called Mauritania
Rebel fighting against pro government soldiers inside a building in Tripoli street down town Misratah.
Rebels entering the city of Sirte the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. During the battle Sirte was left almost completely in ruins, with many buildings totally destroyed or damaged..
Rebels posing in front the body of a soldier, loyal to Col. Muamar Gaddafi killed in Sirte down town in confrontation with rebels.
In Tripoli, at the 32th Khamis Brigade head quarters, rebels forces found 53 carbonized bodies inside a warehouse supposedly used as a detention facility by soldiers loyal to Col. Muammar Gaddafi. Some bodies showed signs of execution. .Rebels arriving at the warehouse.
The Hekma Clinic, previously a private owned heath facility in Misratah, became the main hospital to receive and treat the wounded during the months of armed battles in the city. The facility were stretched to it's structural limits. Running 24 hours a day for months, the diesel engine planned to supply electricity during short periodes, suffered several blackouts leaving patients in need of Intensive care unit equipment in danger.
Misratah down town after the pro Gaddafi forces where pushed out from the city.
Rebels entering the city of Sirte the final major stronghold of Gaddafi loyalists. During the battle Sirte was left almost completely in ruins, with many buildings totally destroyed or damaged...A rebel carrying a friend mortally wounded by an RPG.
Wounded pro Gaddafi soldiers being arrested in Misratah down town. The TFC in the city had not prepared an adequate facility to receive and treat wounded government soldiers. At this place only one doctor, without any medical supply were responsible to receive and treat the dozens of wounded arriving.
Doctors praying in the front line in the region of Ras Lanuf east Libya
Misratah, Tripoli, Sirte, Ajdabia, Brega, Ras Lanuf. Libya
February – October 2011
