location: Sirte
notes: At least one member of the forces allied to Libyas internationally backed government was killed and 17 others injured in clashes with Islamic State fighters (IS) in the coastal city of Sirte. Nine of the 17 casualties were injured in an attack by an IS fighter wearing a suicide vest. Buildings in which the militants were hiding came under shelling from the forces. An IS prison official was killed in Operation Solid Structures 4 December attack and two other 'senior' IS leaders were also killed while trying to swim away from the Sirte beach side. Al-Jazeera reported quoting Libyan military sources as saying the forces found 18 bodies purportedly of IS militants killed in the fighting. Total of 23 dead
target_text: location: Sirte, fatalities: 23