-- STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES --<br/> <br />Panic on the streets of Gaza as the wounded are rushed to the hospital.<br/> <br />At least three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on southern Gaza.<br/> <br />Earlier Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a protracted war in Gaza, dashing any hopes of a swift end to the three-week conflict as Palestinian fighters launched an audacious cross-border raid.<br/> <br />More than 1,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians have died in the conflict. Israel has lost 48 soldiers and three civilians.<br/> <br />As night fell army flares filled the skies. The Israeli military warned thousands of Palestinians to flee their homes in areas around Gaza City - usually the prelude to major strikes.
