The Israeli strike on the Gaza market kills 18 Palestinians, according to a doctor and witnesses

At least 18 Palestinians have been killed after Drona’s Israeli strike is aimed at a Hamas police unit trying to uphold a market control in the city of Deir al-Bala in Central Gaza, a doctor and eyewitnesses told the BBC.

Eyewitnesses said Israeli drones fired at Hamas police, dressed in civilian clothing and supporting masks that were confronted with suppliers, they blamed the pricing and sale of goods looted by trucks for help.

The Hamas Ministry of Interior has condemned the strike, accusing Israel of committing a “new crime against a police ward charged with maintaining public order.”

The BBC contacted the Israeli military for comment.

One obviousness said that the BBC’s clashes were confronted on Thursday after police were confronted with suppliers, with the commander of the department shouted: “Either sell at a fair price, or we will confiscate the goods.”

After that, some of the sellers “pulled out pistols and a man had Kalashnikov,” eyewitnesses said.

The Israeli drones then fired two rockets, locals said.

Video footage of the consequences shows that the bodies scattered on the ground and panicked buyers who scream as the ambulances rush to attend the wounded.

A doctor at Deir Al-Bala’s Al-Aksa Hospital said the BBC bodies were brought to the morgue there. It was not clear immediately how many of the killed were police officers.

The incident came as the Gaza civilians continued to fight for access to food, with nearby daily firing reported in and around us and around the United States and supported by Israel places for the distribution of the Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in southern and central gas, as well as the limited goods available on markets.

GHF – which was accused of violating humanitarian principles by international aid groups – received another $ 30 million funding on Thursday from the United States, which supported Israeli’s efforts to see that it is becoming the largest Gaza Aid Organization.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of “once again took control of humanitarian aid … and stole it from civilians” in northern Gas, as he gave the military two days to create a “action plan” to prevent it.

He came after video footage was filmed on Wednesday on a truck convoy carrying aid to Northern Gaza after entering Zikim’s gate, with armed and masked men on top.

Israeli’s National Security Minister Itar Ben Guir shared the video on social media, saying that Hamas “takes control of food and goods” and calls on Netanyahu to stop the entry into Gaza.

Hamas denied stealing or winning from the aid, and the Higher Committee on Gaza’s Tribal Affairs, a committee that was not linked to a hammone created during the war – also rejected in a statement on Thursday on Israel.

“Provision of assistance is purely through tribal efforts,” the message said.

Thousands of parcels were distributed in a warehouse in Gaza on Thursday.

Hamas’s political officials were present, but said their role was “supervisory”, with the NGO responsible for the distribution of about 6,000 food plots.

“This morning, when I woke up to the message I was telling me to receive help, all my children, young and old, started singing and dancing with joy. I pray to God that this blessing remains with us,” said a woman waiting for food there.

Also on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced its first medical consignment in Gaza on March 2 was delivered Wednesday.

Nine trucks carrying medical supplies, 2000 units of blood and 1500 units of plasma were transported without robbery “despite the high -risk conditions”, Who is Chief Tedros Adhanom Gebrees.

He added that the amount was “just a drop in the ocean”.

The blood and plasma were delivered to the Nasser medical complex for distribution throughout the hospitals, “faced with a critical shortage against the background of increasing influx of injuries, much related to incidents in food spreading sites,” he said.

Before the strike on Thursday, at least 14 Palestinians were killed and dozens of injured in Israeli military attacks in Gaza from midnight, said a spokesman for Hamas Civil Protection.

The rescue crews evacuated 14 bodies, including those of three Palestinians who were waiting for humanitarian aid near the bridge Vadi Gaza near the corridor in Netsar in central gas.

A medical source at Al-Avda Hospital confirmed that three Palestinians had been killed and several other injured by the Israeli shooter near the bridge Vadi Gaza.

Witnesses said the Israeli drones had discovered fire in a large crowd of civilians, reporting that they were waiting for humanitarian assistance during the attack.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC that a gathering in the area was identified in an area in the corridor in the corridor in the corridor was identified overnight, and the troops fire warning shots to prevent suspects from approaching them.

IDF said he was familiar with reports on the number of victims in the area, but said the initial investigation suggests that the number was not in line with the IDF information. However, the details of the incident are in additional examination, IDF added.

Else places, five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school shelter, displaced families in Western Gaza City.

In the area of ​​Al Mavasi in Khan Enisis, in the southern part of the strip, five members of the Arab family Abu were killed when the Israeli air strike hit a tent that sheltered displaced faces. Another Palestinian was also killed in a stroke that hit a tent in Al Mavasi.

Others were injured in the impact.

IDF said it was considering these reports but asked for specific coordinates and times. In principle, IDF said “operates Hamas’s military dismantling.”

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 against Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 56 259 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the health ministry in the territory.