8 police officers killed in Israeli airstrike in central Gaza

GAZA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Eight Palestinian police officers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said.

Palestinian security sources said that an Israeli plane targeted a police vehicle of the Hamas-run Interior Ministry west of Deir al-Balah.

Medical sources told Xinhua that the Israeli raid also wounded