 The BBC Monitoring Service at the time noted reports that the SPLA also “"bombed a military camp for the displaced in Deim Zubeir"”.The offensive prompted a mass exodus of the civilian population, including families of soldiers, from Deim Zubeir and surrounding areas heading north and north-west into government-controlled areas.About 30,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) fled towards Timsahah and about 8,000 towards Ed Daein.