Civil defense officials in the damaged Palestinian territory said Israel's air strikes killed at least 40 people across Gaza in the past 24 hours as the Israeli government prepares to order its military offensive to be expanded.

Nine people were killed when the strike attacked a house in the Brey refugee camp in central Gaza. Six more people died in another strike in a family home in the northern city of Beit Lahiya. Officials said that another death was made during a strike in a community kitchen in Gaza City, killing at least 11 people, including three babies of the age, in a one-night attack on Khan Yunis refugee camp.

A spokesman for the IDF said when asked about the strike that the military “takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian injuries.”

Israel resumed bombing campaigns in Gaza on March 18, ending a fragile ceasefire. Since then, at least 2326 people have been killed since the war broke out, causing deaths and losses, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health.

Israel accused Hamas of using civilians as a shield for humanity, an allegation denied by radical Islamic groups. It also accuses Hamas of stealing and selling aid to fund its military and other operations.

The war was triggered by a raid attack launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023. On the Israeli side, mostly civilians killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 people, 58 of whom are still held in Canada, including 34 Israeli troops said, 34 of them died.

Aid officials warn that the humanitarian disaster in Gaza is imminent again. On Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned that Gaza's humanitarian response was on the verge of "complete collapse."

"This situation cannot be - nor can it be escalated further," Pascal Hundt, deputy director of operations for the ICRC, said in a statement.

There has been no progress in faltering negotiations on a new ceasefire deal in recent weeks, and reports from Israeli media show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon approve a new offensive, as well as a new plan formulated by Israeli officials, who redistribute numerous private contracts and small groups in private contracts to form private contracts, with numerous groups as a large group of people, which are numerous.

Humanitarian officials in Gaza told the Guardian last week that the proposed Israeli aid plan was unrealistic and immoral.

"Unless there are more distribution hubs, the current plan will not work properly, and even then we cannot be a party to something that could lead to large-scale or even permanent displacement within Gaza," said a humanitarian official.

U.S. President Donald Trump is believed to be likely to make some concessions to Israel before visiting Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar this month. A week ago, he told Netanyahu that it was “good for Gaza.”

Analysts aim to put pressure on Hamas in the coming days or weeks to make concessions in negotiations or to prove that Gaza’s new offensive is imminent, in order to see if there is a division in warnings from the thousands of Israeli reserves summoned in the coming days or weeks.

18 months after the war, Israel's army had been overstretched, short of about 7,000 combat soldiers. Government officials described a "Seven Wars" that could last for a year.

On Saturday morning, a sirens rang out in Israel the next day, warning that Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired an incoming missile in Yemen that they said they were invading with Palestinians in Gaza. Air defense intercepted the missile.

The Israeli military said on Saturday that troops deployed in southern Syria were ready to protect the Druze minority without specifying that it was a new deployment or provide more details about the number of troops on the ground.

Israel has conducted multiple strikes after a deadly sectarian clash near Damascus earlier this week aimed at protecting the Druze community and warned Syria’s Islamic rulers not to harm minorities.

"Five Syrian Druze citizens were evacuated overnight to receive medical treatment in Israel," the Israeli military said on Saturday. ”

A Druze official in the southern Syrian city of Sweida said the evacuated persons “were injured in the conflict in Sanaya” at the site of recent recent sectarian violence near Damascus but were taken to hospitals in the Syrian capital for fear of being detained.

The Syrian Human Rights Observer, a UK-based monitoring group, said Israel launched more than 20 air strikes in Syria late Friday. Earlier on Friday, Israel launched an attack near the presidential palace in Damascus, which Syrian authorities condemned as a "dangerous escalation."

Israeli Defense Minister Katz warned on Thursday that Israel would respond strongly if the new Syrian government fails to protect the Druze minority.

Israel has launched repeated air strikes in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December. It also sent troops to a demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights, seizing the main strategic terrain that once deployed Syrian forces on the southwestern border between Syria and Israel.

Israeli analysts say the strategy is designed to undermine the new Syrian government while also protecting potential proxy allies in the country. However, the strategy is controversial, with some officials saying a stable Syria will better serve Israel's interests.

The government in Damascus took power after the removal of Assad and was led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which originated from the al-Qaeda jihad network. Although Syria’s new rulers have promised inclusive rule in a diverse, multi-ethnic country, they face pressure from extremists in their posts.

France-Pars-Pars contributed to this report