NATO bombs hit Moamer Gaddafi’s office in his Tripoli residence, while revolutionists pushed forward against the strongman’s troops in the besieged city of Misrata

NATO bombs hit Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's office in his immense Tripoli residence on Monday, while revolutionists pushed forward against the strongman's troops in the besieged city of Misrata.
  
Heavy explosions had shaken the centre of Tripoli shortly after midnight as warplanes overflew the Libyan capital. A Libyan official accompanying journalists at Gaddafi's compound said 45 people were wounded, 15 seriously, in the bombing. He added that he did not know whether there were victims under the rubble. "It was an attempt to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi," he affirmed.
  
Seif Al-Islam, Gaddafi's son, described the bombing as "cowardly." "This cowardly attack on Moamer Gaddafi's office may frighten or terrorise children but we will not abandon the battle and we are not afraid," he said, claiming that NATO's battle was "lost in advance."
  
NATO warplanes had already late Friday targeted the Bab Al-Aziziya district, where the presidential compound is located.
  
In Misrata, 215 kilometres (132 miles) east of Tripoli, Libyan rebels made significant gains Sunday in a key street in the besieged city, where residents have lived under a rain of shells and sniper fire for 50 days.

Misrata was still rocked by a salvo of Grad rockets and bursts of automatic weapons on Sunday, despite a pledge by the Libyan regime to halt its fire in the port city where the humanitarian situation has stirred international concern.
  
But rebel gains on Tripoli street -- one of the main arteries of the city and the stronghold of troops loyal to Gaddafi until Friday -- allowed residents to venture out after days stuck at home. Rebels had killed or captured the majority of snipers behind deadly assaults and ambushes on the street but still encountered some pushback from regime forces. A barrage of artillery fire continued into the night, killing at least 10 people including children, witnesses and medics said on Monday.
  
However, the sounds of fighting died away early morning and the streets were quiet and deserted after sunrise.