he joins us now by phone. we ve also heard that children are being targeted by government forces. have you heard that? reporter: it seems to us more or less children are caught up between the front lines, especially in the town of misratah. i can tell you, from the time tlii was there, there were a lot of children who has been hit by mortars and had shrapnel wounds. whether or not these are targeted attacks, but yes, there are many children who are caught between the front lines. and it s very difficult to get any sort of medical attention to them, especially in places like misratah, where it s almost impossible to evacuate anyone after they ve been injured. there s lots of places still under attack, and a lot of the ships that have been trying to get people out of this place are not actually able to dock in misratah because there s so much shelling going on that it s impossible for them to come in. we also hear there are tshl
allow international peacekeepers to monitor a truce. there is no mention of gadhafi stepping down, though. the announcement comes as unicef releases a grim measure of the toll. it says at least 20 children have been killed in the city of misratah and at least one victim was less than a year old. and rebel forces appear to have recaptured the city of ajdabiya. the opposition has benefitted from more aggressive nato air strikes over the last several days. so let s get to the latest now in libya. cnn s reza sayah is in benghazi. reza joins us by phone. should we read much into this, reza? reporter: i would be very surprised, carol, if in the coming hours or some time today there s there have been a few it s very unlikely we would have any kind of deal on a cease-fire or any kind of peace deal. opposition leaders are meeting with
i can just show you sorry. i can come closer to the people are they still celebrating? they are celebrating, exactly. i m seeing people distributing juice and water and people putting hands up and singing songs. listen to this. they re saying which means be patient, gadhafi be patient, in misratah we ll take your prize. they are chanting this kind of slogan at the moment in front of the courthouse in the city of misratah. if you could, just i know you ve had a chance to follow some of these rebel forces and
seeing there on the ground? hi. i just arrived at courthouse, which was the center of the assault by the gadhafi loyal militias on the city of misratah. and i m literally in the middle of a what seems to be or what is battlefield, intense battlefield. something i only saw on tv. i can t believe it. we re talking about rockets on the ground, we re talking about blood everywhere. talking about talking about vehicles, all, all. i tell you what, i m in the courthouse in the city of misratah. i m facing now another big building, opposite the city court in misratah. the first three or four floors
it s been their toughest battle yet against government forces. after gaining control of the town late saturday, they were driven out sunday morning. their inexperience and disorganization becoming blaringly apparent. the people keep streaming is across the border here from libya into tunisia. more than 100,000 people have fled in the last two weeks and more keep coming. they re met by tunisian volunteers who hand out food and hand out water, and this is important because these refugees are hungry, thirsty, and frightened. many of them tell us they haven t had any access to food and water for days and they ve been charged exorbitant charges for transport to try to flee libya. as you heard some of the heaviest fighting today was in the town of misratah. more than 40,000 people were killed. a witness described what