From NATO: Over the past 24 hours, NATO has conducted the following activities associated with Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR :
Air Operations
Since the beginning of the NATO operation (31 March 2011, 06.00GMT) a total of 15,782 sorties, including 5,942 strike sorties*, have been conducted.
Sorties conducted 19JULY: 113
Strike sorties conducted 19 JULY: 40
*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time.
Key Hits 19 JULY:
In the vicinity of Brega: 5 Armed Vehicles, 1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Misrata: 1 Anti-Aircraft Gun, 2 Armed Vehicle.
In the vicinity of Tripoli: 6 Surface-to-Air-Missile Launcher, 2 Armed Vehicles.
In the vicinity of Waddan: 1 Military Storage Facility.
In the vicinity of Zlitan: 2 Command and Control Nodes, 2 Military Storage Facility, 3 Military Facilities,
2 Military Refuelling Areas.
Arms Embargo Activities9
A total of 17 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean.
10 Vessels were hailed on 19 JULY to determine destination and cargo. 3 boardings (no denials) were conducted.
A total of 1823 vessels have been hailed, 179 boardings and 9 denials have been conducted since the beginning of arms embargo operations.
International Humanitarian Assistance Movements as recorded by NATO
Total of Humanitarian Movements**: 571 (air, ground, maritime)
Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 19 JULY: 1
Aircrafts delivering Humanitarian Assistance 19 JULY: 8
**Some humanitarian movements cover several days. (graphic: NATO)
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