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At least 60 peo­ple were killed across Gaza by Is­raeli strikes, health work­ers said Sat­ur­day, as Pales­tini­ans face a grow­ing hu­man­i­tar­i­an cri­sis in Gaza and cease­fire prospects inch clos­er.

The strikes be­gan late Fri­day and con­tin­ued in­to Sat­ur­day morn­ing, among oth­ers killing 12 peo­ple near the Pales­tine Sta­di­um in Gaza City, which was shel­ter­ing dis­placed peo­ple, and eight more liv­ing in apart­ments, ac­cord­ing to staff at Shi­fa Hos­pi­tal, where the bod­ies were brought. More than 20 bod­ies were tak­en to Nass­er Hos­pi­tal, ac­cord­ing to health of­fi­cials. A strike mid­day Sat­ur­day killed 11 peo­ple on a street in east­ern Gaza City, and their bod­ies were tak­en to Al-Ahli Hos­pi­tal.

The strikes come as U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump says there could be a cease­fire agree­ment with­in the next week. Tak­ing ques­tions from re­porters in the Oval Of­fice Fri­day, the pres­i­dent said, “we’re work­ing on Gaza and try­ing to get it tak­en care of.”