An ISIS suicide bomber blew himself up in central Derna on Sunday after a chase by the Security Committee of Derna Shura Council.

The New Arab has revealed that a number of Egyptian military officers had arrived in Derna’s Lemlodeh military base along with the officers of the forces led by Khalifa Haftar – the commander of the self-styled army in east Libya – in preparation of an upcoming attack on Derna.

An Islamic State (IS) militant who was involved in the beheading in Derna of a Libyan National Army (LNA) soldier in 2015 has been captured in an LNA undercover operation in the town, it has been revealed.

A source from the city of Derna said that about 13 soldiers affiliated with the Dignity Operation that led by General Khalifa Haftar had withdrawn from sites that blockading Derna to the city of Tobruk.

Human Rights Watch has called for warring factions in Libya to investigate the deaths of civilians after unidentified aircraft attacked the eastern city of Derna, killing 16 people and critically wounding four children.

France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States have condemned the October 30 airstrikes on Derna, which killed at least fifteen civilians, including twelve women and children, and injured many others.

The Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj held a meeting Tuesday morning in Tripoli to review the aftermath of the airstrikes on Derna.

A solemn funeral in Derna carried the victims who were killed, on Monday, in an airstrike. The funeral turned to become a demonstration denouncing the commander of the Dignity Operation, General Khalifa Haftar, accusing him of targeting children and women in the city of Derna.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns the airstrikes in a residential neighbourhood in Derna on the night of Monday, 30 October 2017, that caused civilian casualties. According to information received by UNSMIL, at least 12 children and women killed and three adults and four children injured.

The Presidential Council (PC) has strongly condemned the airstrikes on Derna that left more than a dozen civilians dead and others wounded.