Strike is latest in series of air attacks by Israeli forces that have killed hundreds of civilians seeking food
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Eighteen people have been killed in an Israeli strike targeting Palestinian police distributing flour in a market in the central Gaza City of Deir al-Balah, medical officials have said.
The reported strike, on Thursday afternoon, is the latest in a series of air attacks, shootings and bombardment by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that have killed hundreds of desperate civilians seeking aid in the devastated Palestinian territory.
It appears to have targeted members of a security force set up by the Hamas-led interior ministry to target looters and merchants who sell stolen aid at high prices.
