Al-Mismari: The downed plane in Benghazi violated the airspace without prior permission

The spokesperson for the General Command of the Libyan Army, Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, confirmed that the air defense media of the General Command destroyed a drone armed with two missiles, southwest of the Benina area in Benghazi.

Al-Mismari confirmed in exclusive statements to “The Seventh Day” that the General Command does not know who this plane belongs to, which entered the airspace without prior permission, noting that the air defense media monitored the flight of a plane without permission and orders were issued from the main operations room to deal with it and shoot it down because it It is not affiliated with a Libyan party and did not obtain permission to enter the airspace and consider it hostile, before reaching the heights of Al-Rajma with a sufficient distance.

Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari pointed out that the air defense dealt according to the rules of engagement set by the General Command of the Armed Forces, that any aircraft that enters Libyan airspace without prior permission or coordination is dealt with and shot down.

Activists circulated on social media a video and pictures of what they said was a plane that crashed in the outskirts of Benghazi, and the recordings showed a burning mass falling from the sky and clouds of smoke rising.

In addition, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, on Tuesday, expressed its deep concern regarding the mobilization of forces and threats to resort to force to settle the allegations of legitimacy in Libya, calling for an immediate halt to the escalation..

The UN mission stressed that the political blockage and all aspects of the crisis besetting Libya cannot be resolved by armed confrontation, and that the solution to these issues can only come through the Libyan people exercising their right to choose their leaders and renewing the legitimacy of state institutions through democratic elections, stressing that it will continue to work with the relevant Libyan institutions. And all actors to return the electoral process to the right track as soon as possible, calling for an immediate halt to the escalation, and considered that the use of force by any party is “unacceptable and will not lead to any result that would guarantee recognition by the international community.”