Iraqi families, who fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, board a truck before heading to camps housing displaced people on November 3, 2016 near Gogjali, which lies on the eastern edge of Mosul.
Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations.

 / AFP / BULENT KILIC        (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi families, who fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, wait to board a truck before heading to camps housing displaced people on November 3, 2016 near Gogjali, which lies on the eastern edge of Mosul.
Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations.

 / AFP / BULENT KILIC        (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Iraqi families, who fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, wait to board a truck before heading to camps housing displaced people on November 3, 2016 near Gogjali, which lies on the eastern edge of Mosul.
Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations.

 / AFP / BULENT KILIC        (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Iraqi families, who fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, board a truck before heading to camps housing displaced people on November 3, 2016 near Gogjali, which lies on the eastern edge of Mosul.
Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations.

 / AFP / BULENT KILIC        (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Iraqi families, who fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, wait to board a truck before heading to camps housing displaced people on November 3, 2016 near Gogjali, which lies on the eastern edge of Mosul.
Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations.

 / AFP / BULENT KILIC        (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)