Palestinians flee northern Gaza amid intensifying airstrikes | IN PICS

Thousands of Palestinians, carrying white flags, trek southward from northern Gaza in search of refuge amid escalating Israeli airstrikes across the enclave.
 

Heading south to escape danger, those in flight reported raising their hands and displaying white flags to navigate through Israeli tanks on the four-lane highway.
 

Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, residents of Gaza City carry their belongings while fleeing their homes.
 

Palestinians express that no part of the strip remains immune to Israeli bombardment, resulting in the displacement of over 70 percent of Gaza's 2.3 million residents.
 

Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Palestinian civilians utilize a donkey-drawn cart to evacuate from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south, in the central Gaza Strip.
 

Israeli ground forces, supported by continuous airstrikes, have surrounded Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, which serves as the stronghold of Hamas, since the weekend.
 

Since the early stages of the ongoing war, now in its second month, the army has been encouraging civilians to relocate south. This includes announcing brief windows of what they claim to be safe passage through Salah al-Din, which traverses the center of the besieged enclave.
 

While evacuating with a group of civilians from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south amid the ongoing conflict, a Palestinian woman holds a white flag.