2019 Murzuq airstrike

On 5 August 2019, a drone airstrike by Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) hit the town hall in the southern Libyan town of Murzuq and killed 43 people and injured 60.^[1] The LNA confirmed the airstrike but denied it had targeted any civilians. It claimed its strike had targeted “Chadian opposition fighters,” referring to Tebu tribesmen opposing them in the area.^[2] Haftar's forces had captured Murzuq earlier on 22 February 2019 as part of the Southern Libya offensive to control the oil-producing south, but had later withdrawn from the town.^[3][4]

2019 Murzuq airstrike
Part of the Second Libyan Civil War
Type	Air strike
Location	Murzuq, Libya
Planned by	House of Representatives
Target	Chadian militants
Date	5 August 2019
Executed by	Libyan National Army
Casualties	43 killed, 60 injured