At least 34 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, according to medical staff, as hopes for a potential ceasefire continue to grow, reported the AP on Saturday.

According to the news agency, the bombardment began late on Friday and carried on into Saturday morning. Among the dead were 12 individuals sheltering at Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, and eight others who were killed in their apartments, according to staff at Shifa Hospital, where the bodies were taken.

In southern Gaza, a separate strike on a tent in Muwasi killed six people, the hospital added, as per an AP report.