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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (33) Slideshow Video Full Focus Photos of the week Our top photos from the past week. Full Article Follow Reuters Gaddafi forces push into rebel city of Benghazi Tweet Share this By Mohammed Abbas BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed into the rebel-held city of Benghazi on Saturday, defying world demands for an immediate ceasefire and after France's U.N. envoy predicted an imminent... 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Credit: Reuters/Esam al-Fetori By Mohammed Abbas BENGHAZI, Libya | Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:49am EDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed into the rebel-held city of Benghazi on Saturday, defying world demands for an immediate ceasefire and after France's U.N. envoy predicted an imminent military action. Explosions shook Benghazi while a fighter jet was heard flying overhead, and residents said the eastern rebel stronghold was under attack from Gaddafi's forces. "The explosions started about 2 a.m. Gaddafi's forces are advancing, we hear they're 20 km (12 miles) from Benghazi," Faraj Ali, a resident, said. "It's land-based fire. We saw one aircraft," he added. Gaddafi's forces advance into Benghazi pre-empted an international meeting hosted by France on Saturday to discuss military intervention in Libya. The meeting will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Arab leaders. "We saw Gaddafi's tanks, cars and missile trucks less than five km away," a rebel fighter giving his name as Mohammed told Reuters. Libya had declared a unilateral ceasefire on Friday after the U.N. Security Council authorized a no-fly zone over Libya. But the United States accused Gaddafi of defying international demands for an immediate ceasefire, and France's U.N. envoy predicted military action within hours of the Paris meeting on Libya on Saturday. Libyan rebels said they were being forced to retreat by Gaddafi's forces. Black plumes of smoke could be seen on the road to the west of the city, a Reuters witness said. "They were 60 km (40 miles) away yesterday, today they are 20 km away and they can be here in a half hour to 90 minutes," rebel fighter Khalid Ahmed told Reuters at a rebel base on the western edge of the city. "We have no hope in the Western forces," Ahmed added as around him rebel forces pulled back from the advancing frontline. Elsewhere in the city, rebels also reported skirmishes and strikes by Gaddafi forces. "Fighter jets bombed the road to the airport and there's been an air strike on the Abu Hadi district on the outskirts," Mohammed Dwo, a hospital worker and a rebel supporter, told Reuters. He was speaking at the scene of an apparent firefight between rebels and what they claimed were two mercenaries who had infiltrated the city and were driving in a car which they said contained a crate of hand grenades. The two men, in civilian clothes, had been shot and killed and rebels produced blood-soaked identity papers they said showed them to be of Nigerian nationality. 1 2 3 Next World United Nations France Tunisia Libya Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (33) newsnot wrote: Ohh Boy Gaddafi is a goner for sure… another middle east loser for the history books Mar 18, 2011 8:33pm EDT -- Report as abuse KeithW wrote: Is there anyone the US hasn’t gone to war with? Mar 18, 2011 8:38pm EDT -- Report as abuse 1964 wrote: For once, Obama acted the way we all hoped he would act. With reason, sane, and decidedly, but in way to prevent war or destruction with war action as much as possible. It will obviously be in Gaddafi’s interest not to contravene the no-fly order because he stands to loose his fleet and anti-aircraft defenses. Ironically, that he entire struggle of the tow opposing sides has to be stopped now and that it will need diplomacy to find a way that includes all sides’ necessities, results in the negotiations which Venezuelan president Chavez suggested. 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