At least 18 Palestinians were killed after an attack by Israeli drones has targeted a police unit of Hamas who tried to take control of a market in the city of Deir Al-Balah, in the Central Gaza Strip.
A doctor and eye witnesses reported it to the BBC. The Israeli drones fired against members of a police force in Hamas, dressed in civilian clothes and with masks, who were accusing the sellers accused of speculation on the prices and the sale of goods stolen from the trucks of humanitarian aid.
The Ministry of the Interior led by Hamas condemned the attack, accusing Israel of having committed “a new crime against a police unit in charge of maintaining public order”.
An eye witness reported to the BBC that the clashes broke out yesterday after the police clashed with the sellers, who then “extracted the guns and a man had a Kalashnikov”, according to the witness.
The Israeli drones then launched two missiles, reported local residents.
The video footage of the incident show bodies scattered on the ground and buyers in the grip of the panic that scream, while the ambulances rush to help the wounded.
A doctor from the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah reported to the BBC that 18 bodies were brought to the morgue. It was not immediately clear whether they died among the police officers.