Tripoli, Libya (CNN) - large explosions and Jets on Tripoli Thursday night indicated that NATO has probably increased the intensity of its air strikes on of Muammar Gaddafi command key and control of military sites.
Fred Pleitgen of CNN, Libya, heard at least three large explosions reports.
The alliance has issued a new warning to civilians Libyan stay away from military zones, prefiguring the plans for the attacks on targets considered to be of strategic importance to stop attacks against civilians, a NATO military official said Thursday.
The next phase will be largely increased the air strikes on Gaddafi command, control and communications sites key in and around Tripoli, although the targets in other areas could be affected, said the officialwho declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case.
NATO now has the use of the US Army Predator drones at his disposal.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates revealed that bumblebees saw their first use in Libya Thursday, but bad weather forced them to return.
Unmanned aerial vehicles offer a more precise targeting, because their ability to low altitudes for better visibility, "particularly on targets now that began to widen in defensive positions", said Gates.
Predators provide "capabilities of the Commander of NATO that they had prior step", he said. President Barack Obama has approved their use.
The rebels, who have complained that NATO was not being quite aggressive to protect civilians, reported Thursday that they had taken control of a key in Tunisia passage point.
The transition to Wazen, Libya, may be key to the city of Nalut, besieged by the forces of Gaddafi for a month. Thousands have fled the fighting with Wazen of the Tunisian city near Dehiba, where temporary camps have been set up for displaced people.
The Tunisian State News Agency, TAP, also reported the taking by the rebels of Wazen after fighting early in the morning.
A hundred of forces loyal to Kadhafi, including a high-ranking officer, has fled across the border in Tunisia, said Mohammed Ali Abdallah, spokesman for the National Front for the salvation of the Libya. He said rebel detained 14 members of the forces of Gaddafi.
TAP reported that 13 Libyan agents were arrested by the Tunisian military authorities.
Also Thursday, a third ship chartered by the International Organization for Migration made his way back to the besieged city of Misrata to the stronghold of rebels in Benghazi in the East.
More than 1,000 rescued migrants were on board, just as the body of photojournalist Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, killed in Misrata on Wednesday, the organization said. The ship also repatriated the body of a Ukrainian doctor.
Several banners have been displayed as moored end Ionian mind Thursday from Benghazi.
It reads: "we feel for the families of the deceased, your blood has been mixed with us in Misrata and your loss you shared with us the price for freedom.". Another said, "" American and British with your loss, you shared with us the prize of freedom. "" Hondros is American and Hetherington has dual British and American citizenship.
20 Rebel fighters was a military formation as the ship arrived.
The rebels reported Wazen Thursday resumed comes at a time when many are questioning whether a military victory over Gaddafi is possible. France and the Italy announced Wednesday that they will send military officers in Libya for advising the rebels.
After a similar announcement by the British Government Tuesday, French Government spokesman Francois Baroin said that a "small number" of French troops was sent to notify the National Council of transition from the rebels.
French Defence Minister Gérard Longuet definitively rejected the sending of ground troops to fight alongside the rebels. "It's a real question that deserves an international debate", he said, adding, "We are working for the resolution of 1973," a reference to the United Nations resolution authorizing the action in Libya. "You cannot please everyone all the time," he said.
Italy will send military advisers to train rebels in self-defense tactics, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Maurizio Massari announced.
Britain has said that its contingent of army officers will be sent to Benghazi in an advisory role. The team will work with the National transition Council to help the opposition to improve its organisational structures military, communications and logistics, said the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will also help to provide assistance.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that it has recommended that Obama authorizes the Government of the United States to send up to $ 25 million in non-lethal products services to support the Libyan rebels, including the National Council of transition.
Thursday, Clinton argued more patience of criticism from the anti-Gaddafi campaign, noting that "it is always a temptation in any conflict of (want to) a resolution quickly."
She noted "the opposition which raised spontaneously was not a militia trained,". "The"vast majority"of the insurgents" had never participated in (any form of military) before activity. ?
Clinton said Washington has "lots of trust in NATO" and is pleased with the performance of America's allies in the conflict.
In Libya, rebels spokesman Jalal al Gzllal called advertisements on Wednesday by the France and the Italy "positive."
"We are satisfied with the results, and I think that it is the prelude to a cooperation," said. "Advisors more we have on the ground, the best coordination we will have on the battlefield.
At least 27 people were killed and 142 were injured in Libya this week, according to a spokesman of the opposition who wanted to be identified only as Mohammed for security reasons. Among them were the acclaimed two photojournalists.
Hondros and Hetherington, who was nominated for an Oscar for a granular and poignant documentary on the war in Afghanistan, the two is died Wednesday in a rocket grenade attack in Misrata.
Mohammed Sa?d rebel were "destroyed" Gaddafi forces and defeated the snipers of the city in recent days. Three loyalists stay on the streets of Tripoli, he said.
CNN could not independently verify its claims.
The city hospital has reported nine deaths and 68 injuries.Barbara Starr of CNN has contributed to this report.
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