Nine Libyan soldiers were killed in Benghazi while fighting Islamists. At least 30 other soldiers were injured.

On Tuesday one person was killed and seven injured by an ISIS suicide bomber in eastern Libya. In response, the Western-recognized government ordered airstrikes near the city of Derna, which serves as the jihadist group's base.

Libya has fallen into a civil war since the 2011 NATO invasion. The primary sides are a Western-backed government, an alternate Islamist government, and a growing ISIS presence.