About 20 families left the city overnight but some were intercepted by Isis while others were killed by explosives
Members of the Iraqi security forces pose for a picture as
they gather on the outskirts of Fallujah as they prepare an
operation aimed at retaking the city from the Isis, 22 May,
2016 AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images
Iraq's military said on Sunday it was preparing to launch an offensive to retake the Isis stronghold of Fallujah and told residents to get ready to leave before fighting started.
Families who could not flee should raise white flags to mark their location in the city 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, the military's media unit said in a statement on state television.
Fallujah, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists, was the first city to fall to Isis, in January 2014, six months before the group swept through large parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
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