The situation was substantially different the next day.
After constant Israeli shelling, residents remained inside. Explosions persisted all day on Sunday.
The noise made me cringe. Buildings all around the Gaza Strip were engulfed in clouds of black smoke.
More than 1,000 targets in Gaza, according to the Israeli army, have been targeted. These include the terrorist group's fortifications, the residences of its leaders, and its banks.
The Watan Tower, which serves as a nexus for internet service providers in Gaza, was the target of one of the most significant Israeli strikes on Sunday morning.
According to Palestinian health sources, Israeli reprisal airstrikes on Gaza have killed more than 400 people.
Israel has stopped supplying Gaza with electricity, leaving the majority of the country without it. Only 20% of the required electricity can be supplied by Gaza's own source.
Water and food supply have also been interrupted.
On Sunday morning, while I was driving through the heart of Gaza City, I noticed debris covering the roads. Except for a few bakeries where there were long lines, all the stores were closed.
The dire humanitarian situation in Gaza has gotten worse as a result of the escalation.
Desperate calls for blood donors have been made by its under-resourced hospitals, which at the best of times struggle to provide treatment to a population of more than two million people.
Medical Aid for Palestinians' Gaza head Mahmoud Shalabi called the city's primary hospital a "slaughterhouse" while speaking about the organization.
He claimed that there were many people sprawled out on the floor in the emergency room. There were a lot of dead bodies in the morgue, and a lot of the medical staff were overwhelmed by the massive stream of casualties, Mr. Shalabi continued.
Later on Sunday, the Israeli army sent SMS messages to residents in one area of Gaza City warning them to seek shelter in case of strikes.
According to a UN representative who spoke with the BBC, more than 20,000 people arrived at United Nations locations nearby.
Since Hamas has been in charge of Gaza for the past 17 years and is aware of the repercussions of striking Israel, it must have anticipated such a large backlash.
The organization supported by Iran has made it obvious that it is ready for conflict with Israel. Despite the Israeli-Egyptian siege, Hamas claims it has been importing weapons and building up its own arsenal.
The organization has promised to keep up its "retaliatory strikes." On Saturday night, after a pause, it declared that it had launched 100 rockets into the Israeli town of Sderot in the south.
Regarding this unprecedented conflict, the average Gazan has voiced conflicting emotions. Despite the fact that some people celebrated Hamas' rocket attacks, many people are concerned that the conflict will last for a very long time.