India, Aug. 21 -- Hundreds of Palestinians have started fleeing Gaza City after the Israeli military escalated attacks across the heart of the Palestinian region, with the launch of its first stage of offensive to press ahead with plans to take full control of the war-ravaged enclave.
Recent attacks have been particularly devastating in the Az Zaytoun neighborhood, where airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire are continuous and intense, causing a high number of civilian casualties and the large-scale destruction of residential buildings and public facilities, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said in a statement.
Since August 8, the office has recorded 54 attacks on residential buildings and enti...