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Leaders of nations supporting the UN-backed no-fly zone over Libya have warned  Colonel Gaddafi that "the time for action" has come over because of ceasefire breaches. Skip related content

British Prime Minister David Cameron said: "The time for action has come and it needs to be urgent.

"Colonel Gaddafi has made this happen - he lied to the international community."

French president Nicolas Sarkozy added that military force would be used "in the absence of an immediate ceasefire" because "the Libyan people need our help."

A source confirmed to the Reuters news agency that French aircraft were already operating within Libyan airspace.

Observers now believe selective targets in Libya will be hit within the next 24 hours.

Earlier in the day rebels said a jet fighter operated by one of their number crashed as it tried to take on pro-Gaddafi militia, which they say are attacking them in breach of a ceasefire announced on Friday.

Reports said Libyan forces intend to deploy 'human shields' to thwart any UN-backed bombing campaign.

State news agency Jana reported that civilians were converging on government facilities believed to be bombing targets for an impending UN-backed air intervention force.

Sky's Lisa Holland, reporting from the Libyan capital of Tripoli under government restrictions, said: "I cannot independently confirm the claim of human shields but if it is true it is a worrying development that shows the regime will stop at nothing."

The rebel pilot of the fighter jet, which may have been shot down or suffered catastrophic engine failure, ejected moments it crashed in a fireball in Benghazi's southern suburbs.

Sky's Emma Hurd, who witnessed the crash, said: "It had been circling above the heavily populated areas and then it went into a fast dive and caught on fire."

A Benghazi resident named Sam later claimed the city was being hit by rocket fire from ground forces loyal to Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.

She told Sky News: "Benghazi has been under continuous bombing since around 6am this morning - it was non-stop and the windows were shaking.

"Their troops have been bombing civilian areas with no military facilities... Civilians are being attacked in Benghazi."

But a government official insisted military forces were not being used to attack the city on Saturday, amid claims of 25 dead being taken to the city's hospitals.

Sky News foreign editor Tim Marshall also revealed that paucity of information coming from the city of 675,000 people.

"We have very little factual detail coming out of Benghazi, instead we have claim and counter-claim," Marshall said.

"Just as the Libyan forces are capable of using propaganda, the rebel forces are prepared to use it too, in an attempt to draw in outside forces to help their cause."

Libya declared a ceasefire on Friday after the UN authorised the no-fly zone over the country.

Deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim told Holland: "We are categorically denying there is any military operation on the ground (in the city of Benghazi) since we announced the decision has been made to cease fire."

Regime spokesman Ibrahim Moussa later said the Gaddafi's government remained defiant about the threat of military action.

Mr Moussa also denied government forces shelled any Libyan towns today, saying the rebels were the ones breaking the ceasefire by attacking military forces.

Reading from a letter sent by the dictator to Mr Cameron, Mr Sarkozy and the UN secretary general, he said: "You will regret it if you take a step towards intervening in our internal affairs, in our country.

"The UN security council is not authorised, according to the UN charter, to intervene in the internal affairs of any country."

Col Gaddafi insisted the rebels are Islamists and said in the statement: "We are fighting al Qaeda, in what they call the Islamic Maghreb."

The head of the rebel National Libyan Council said the international community must act swiftly to protect civilians from Gaddafi's forces bombarding Benghazi.

"We appeal to the international community, to the all the free world, to stop this tyranny from exterminating civilians," Mustafa Abdel Jalil said.

On Friday the UK announced a deployment of fighter jets to help enforce the no-fly zone.

Mr Cameron told the House of Commons: "Britain will deploy Tornados and Typhoons as well as air-to-air refuelling and surveillance aircraft.

"Our forces will join an international operation to enforce the resolution if Gaddafi fails to comply with its demand that he ends attacks on civilians."

Libyan officials have sought to link economic interests to the impending military action.

Libya's oil minister warned Western companies under contract to continue operating in the country otherwise Chinese and Indian oil firms may be given those rights.

:: A resident of the western town of Misratah told Reuters Gaddafi's forces were on the outskirts of the rebel town and water supplies had been cut off.

:: Canadian fighter and transport aircraft have refuelled at Scotland's Prestwick airport en route to the Mediterranean.