location: Al Layti
notes: A total of fourteen people, almost all of them soldiers were killed in Benghazi including a Saiqa special forces commander as the Libya National Army (LNA) launched a new city-wide operation to try and destroy Ansar Al-Sharia and the so-called Islamic State (IS). Fighting was reported in Leithi, Buatni, Suq Al-Hout, Hawari and Garyounis, although much of today's fighting was in Buatni. 12 other fatalities recoded in other events.
target_text: location: Al Layti, fatalities: 2