UN says over a million Libyans will need humanitarian aid

GENEVA- More than one million people fleeing Libya and inside the country need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Monday.The figures were issued by the world body's aid coordinator Valerie Amos as a refugee crisis built up around the borders of the North African country where a rebellion broke out last month against the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi. RELATED:'Clampdown on Libya rebels like Israel's crackdown on Gaza'Gaddafi’s troops gain in Libya as civil war loomsLibya rebels regroup in attempt to reclaim coastal cityAmos made clear that her first priority was Misrata, a rebel-held town of 300,000 which residents said had been attacked at the weekend by government forces with tanks and missiles that cut insurgents to shreds. "Humanitarian organizations need urgent access now," said Amos, who was in areas of Tunisia along the Libyan border at the weekend. "People are injured and dying and need help immediately."Also on Monday, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during an interview likened the clampdown on dissidents in his country to what he called Israel’s crackdown of al Qaida terrorists in the Gaza Strip.