Palestine News Director for Mondoweiss Yumna Patel, while speaking to NDTV, said that "Palestinians are naturally scared of the implications to come of the operation that we saw come out of Gaza yesterday given that we have seen Israeli politicians such as PM Benjamin Netanyahu make unchallenged, open calls for genocide in the media. Gazans have nowhere to go as they are under land, sea and air blockade by Israel for 16 years".