Wounded rebels arrive at a hospital in Libya after a day of bitter fighting.
Rebels say they have retaken a village south of Tripoli that they had lost to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi earlier in the day.
At least five rebels died in the retaking of Al-Qawalish. More than a dozen were wounded.
The back-and-forth fighting underlines the fragile nature of rebel advances that have led some Western backers to push for a political solution to the conflict.
Rebel forces want to use Al-Qawalish as a staging post to take the nearby town of Garyan, which controls access to the main highway heading north to Tripoli.
The conflict in Libya started out as a rebellion against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year-rule. It has now turned into the bloodiest of the "Arab Spring" uprisings.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters