Colonel Ahmed Mosmary, spokesman for forces loyal to an east-based parliament, said in a news conference late yesterday that the number from Thursday's attack had increased from 60.
Mosmary says the attack on Buraq al-Shati air base effectively ends the cease-fire brokered by the national unity government between militias and the forces commanded by army chief General Khalifa Hifter in the area.
Libya descended into chaos following the 2011 civil war that toppled and killed dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The oil-rich nation is now split between rival governments and militias.
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