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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

18 killed in Israeli strike targeting Gaza police distributing flour, officials say

A man and boy cry outside a hospital
People in Deir al-Balah at the funeral of those killed in the strike on Thursday. Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters

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 has killed hundreds of desperate civilians seeking aid in the devastated Palestinian territory.

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