Reports say rebel stronghold in Libya's east facing assault from several sides despite government's self-declared truce.
.......Obama to the rescue any month now, just hold on!
Al-Jazeera
"Reports from Libya say pro-government forces have entered the western outskirts of the opposition stronghold of Benghazi, with the city also coming under attack from the coast and the south.
Witnesses in Bengazi, in the east of the country, said they heard large explosions on Saturday. Al Jazeera's correspondents reporting from the city told of multiple explosions, plumes of smoke in the sky and a fighter jet getting shot down.
Al Jazeera's James Bays said there were reports that the plane belonged to the opposition rebels.
Government troops reportedly bombed the southern Benghazi suburb of Goreshi among other places. Artillery and mortars were also fired in the centre of the city.
"There's a lot of jittery people here at the moment, there is a lot of activity and a lot of firing going on," Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reported from Benghazi.
Al Jazeera's Bays said "[the opposition has] the resolve, they are determined to fight back, but they don't have the hardware that Gaddafi's forces have." He said "it will likely be a protracted battle" if Gaddafi tried to take the opposition stronghold......"
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