At least 34 Palestinians were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes overnight into Saturday, health officials in the Strip say, as Palestinians face a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cease-fire prospects inch closer.

The strikes began late Friday and continued into Saturday morning, among others killing 12 people at the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, which was sheltering displaced people, and eight more living in apartments, according to staff at the Al-Shifa hospital where the bodies were brought.

Six other Palestinians were killed in southern Gaza when a strike hit their tent in Muwasi, once considered a safe zone by the IDF, according to the hospital.

The […] attacks came as U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday a cease-fire in Gaza could be imminent, telling reporters, “We think within the next week we’re gonna get a cease-fire.”

“I’m often asked — I think it’s close,” Trump said. “I just spoke with some of the people involved. It’s a terrible situation.”

Trump also emphasized the scope of U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza, as the U.S.-led Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is responsible for the vast majority of aid in the territory. “We’re supplying a lot of money and a lot of food to that area. We have to. In theory, we’re not involved, but we’re involved. People are dying,” he said. “I look at those crowds of people with no food, no anything. We’re the ones getting it there.”

On Friday, Haaretz reported that […] soldiers who spoke with the newspaper said that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites over the past month.