BENGHAZI: At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday when rockets struck several residential districts of Libya’s Benghazi city as the army fought with radical militias, medics said.

At least 180 people have been killed since pro-government forces launched an offensive in Libya’s second-largest city two weeks ago — part of chaos gripping the major oil producer three years after the ousting of Muammar Qaddafi.

The nascent army, backed by forces of former army general Khalifa Haftar and armed youths, had made initial gains by expelling radicals from the airport area and claiming the seizure of one of their strongholds in the port city.

But heavy fighting erupted again on Wednesday in several parts of the city and rockets and artillery shells hit residential districts, residents said.

“Ten bodies were delivered to hospitals,” said a medic.

The Interior Ministry tightened security in the eastern city of Tobruk, where the elected Parliament is operating, after a car bomb exploded in front of the security headquarters on Tuesday, wounding one person, a security official said.

Most foreign embassies withdrew their staff in the summer when the Misrata-led forces expelled a rival group from Tripoli.