On 28 July in the morning, there was an armed altercation between the al-Lefaa and al-Dalio families in the Awlad Essa area of Wershefana, west of Tripoli. Six people were killed: Ramzi al-Lefaa, commander of the Third Company under the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Defence, alongside Hatem al-Lefaa and Rida al-Lefaa, as well as Alaa al-Haddawi al-Dalio, Emad al-Haddawi al-Dalio and Ayman Fawzi al-Dalio. The fighting reportedly began after a dispute between the two families escalated into a shootout.
Later the same day, the GNU Ministry of Interior held an emergency meeting with several security leaders including the head of the Jafara Security Directorate, the Commander of the 55 (Wershefana) Battalion and the head of the Wershefana Social Council. The Al-Swani Police Station began investigating the incident, in preparation for referring the file to the Attorney General. Forces aligned with GNU Deputy Minister of Defence Abdussalam al-Zoubi reportedly deployed to the area.