
Israeli strike at Gaza market kills 18 Palestinians, doctor and witnesses say
2025-06-26 19:13:51
Gaza correspondent

A doctor and eyewitness told the BBC that at least 18 Palestinians were killed after an Israeli drone was targeted by the Hamas police unit trying to confirm control of a market in the city of Deir Kalah in the center of Gaza.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli drones fired members of the Hamas police force, wearing civilian clothes and wearing masks, who were facing the sellers who accused them of pricing and selling goods that were looted from relief trucks.
The Hamas -running Ministry condemned the strike, accusing Israel of “a new crime against the police unit in charge of maintaining public order.”
BBC called the Israeli army to comment.
“Either selling at a fair price or we will confiscate the goods.”
An eyewitness said that some sellers “left the pistols and one man had a Kalashnikov.”
Local residents said Israeli drones fired two missiles.
Video footage of the corpses scattered on the ground shows the shoppers who were panic, as ambulances rushed to the injured.
A doctor at Deira Al -Bala Hospital told the right that the BBC 18 had been brought to the morgue there. It was not immediately clear that the number of police officers was killed.

The accident came at a time when civilians in Gaza continued the struggle to reach food, as daily fire operations were reported at the Gaza Humanitarian Corporation (GHF) distribution sites backed by Israel and its parts, and the limited commodities in the markets that are sold to very enlarged prices.
GHF – accused of violating humanitarian principles by international relief groups – received another $ 30 million in funding on Thursday from the United States, which supported Israeli efforts to see that it became the largest assistant organization in Gaza.
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of “again controlling humanitarian aid … and stealing it from civilians” in northern Gaza, where the army gave two days to devise a “action plan” to prevent this.
This came after filming the video clips on Wednesday for a truck convoy carrying help in Northern Gaza, after entering the Zikim gate, with armed men and fortified at the top.
The Minister of National Security in Israel shared the video on social media, saying that Hamas “controls food and goods” and calls on Netanyahu to stop the entry of aid to Gaza.
Hamas denied the theft or benefit from aid, and the Gaza Supreme Committee for Tribal Affairs – a non -Himas committee that was created during the war – rejected Israel’s “false claims” in a statement on Thursday.
“The aid has been secured through tribal efforts,” she said.
In a warehouse in Gaza City on Thursday, thousands of parcels were distributed.
Hamas officials were present, but they said that their role was “supervisory”, with a non -governmental organization responsible for the distribution of about 6000 foodstuffs.
“This morning, when I woke up to the message, he told me to go to help, all my children, young and old, started singing and dancing with joy. I pray to God that this blessing remains with us,” said one of the women waiting for food there.
Also on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced its first medical shipment in Gaza since March 2 was delivered on Wednesday.
Nine trucks carrying medical supplies, 2000 units of blood and 1500 units of plasma were transported without any looting “despite the conditions at risk,” Who is the head of Tedros Adwanum Guerberz.
He added that the amount was “just a drop in the ocean.”
He said that the blood was delivered to the blood and plasma to the Nasser Medical Complex to distribute to hospitals “they face a decisive shortage amid an increasing flow of injuries, and many of them are linked to accidents in food distribution sites.”
Before a strike on Thursday in the market, at least 14 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in Israeli military attacks throughout Gaza since midnight, a Hamas civil defense spokesman said.
The rescue teams evacuated 14 bodies, including three Palestinians who were waiting for humanitarian aid near the Gaza Valley Bridge near the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.
A medical source in the nearby Al -Wada Hospital confirmed that three Palestinians were killed and many others were injured by Israeli fire near the Gaza Valley Bridge.
Witnesses said that Israeli drones opened fire on a large crowd awaiting humanitarian aid at the time of the attack.
The BBC Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC that a gathering has been identified in a neighboring area in the Netzarim Corridor, and the forces fired warning footage to prevent the suspects from approaching them.
The Israeli Defense Army said he was aware of reports related to the number of injured individuals in the area, but he said that the initial investigation indicates that the number was not in line with the information of the IDF. However, the details of the accident under an additional review added the Israeli Defense Army.
Elsewhere, five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a home in a muddy school in West Gaza City.
In the Maousy area of Khan Yunis, in the south of the tape, five members of the Abu Al -Arab family were killed when an Israeli air strike hit a fate of the tent of the displaced. Another Palestinian was also killed in a blow that struck a tent in Al -Malasi.
Others were injured in the strikes.
The Israeli Defense Army said he was looking into these reports, but he requested specific coordinates and times. In general, the IDF said it was “working to dismantle the military capabilities of Hamas.”
The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.
At least 56,259 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in the region.
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