Israel-Gaza conflict death toll keeps getting higher and higher by the hour, if not by the minute. Thousands of Palestinians are presently exhausting all efforts to flee Gaza as Israel's Prime Minister has announced that their mission to take down Hamas "might take a long time." As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated, "We don't know when the operation will end."
Only earlier today, naval commandos have launched a ground offensive strategy for the 1st time, in their efforts to destroy a rocket-launching facility in the northern parts of Gaza. There was gunfire as the commandos raided the area to get rid of the long-rage arsenal that is reportedly situated in the said site.
Later, there were hundreds of leaflets that were dropped into the houses of the area's civilian residents, telling them to evacuate right away because of the existing Israel-Gaza conflict. According to the leaflets, there would be a "short and temporary" assault that was impending on that particular region. It still remains unclear whether or not this particular attack would comprise of yet another ground offensive or continued airstrikes.
It was mentioned in the flyers that the military plans to target "terrorists and terrorist infrastructures in the area east of Al-Atatra and Al-Salatin St, and in the area west of and north of Ma'bscar Jabalyia." As the leaflet commands, "Those who fail to comply with the instructions will endanger their lives and the lives of their families. Beware." This warning was accompanied by an instruction to transfer to the southern part of the country.
Palestinians who live in Beit Lahiya City, where Al-Atatra is located, have already started to leave the area through Erez as they continued to cross into Israeli ground. Based on the reports provided by the officials, around 800 Palestinians who owned foreign passports, coming from various countries, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, have already fled the area today in order to avoid the repercussions of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Mohammad Abu Halemah, a resident of the said region of Gaza and an unfortunate victim of the Israel-Gaza conflict, informed the Associated Press, "They are sending warning messages. Once we received the message, we felt scared to stay in our homes. We want to leave."
