The Israeli occupation army vowed on Saturday to double air attacks on Gaza, and said that it was waiting for the right time to enter the Strip.
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said: "We have to enter the next phase of the war in the best possible conditions, not according to what any side tells us. "Starting today, we will intensify the strikes and reduce the danger."
He added that humanitarian aid was entering Gaza after screening and monitoring.
In separate statements, the Israeli military spokesman expressed concern about Lebanese Hezbollah's attempt to escalate to divert Israel's attention from the south to the north.
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy said his forces would enter the Gaza Strip and engage in what he described as a professional operational mission to eliminate Hamas.
Halevy said in a speech to a crowd of forces of the Golani Brigade - one of the first Israeli elite - that Gaza is complex and overcrowded, but his forces are ready for the task, as he put it.
At the same time, Israeli Air Force commander Tomer Barr stated that his forces had dealt "a heavy blow to Hamas in the Gaza Strip with thousands of bombs and precision air strikes," he claimed.
Barr said the air force would provide an umbrella for ground forces that Tel Aviv says will enter Gaza.
Al Jazeera correspondent reported that the Israeli War Council held a secret session at the headquarters of the army's Southern Brigade, which includes the Gaza Military Division.
In the face of Israeli threats, the Palestinian resistance vowed to inflict more on the occupation than it did at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa flood battle, which it launched on October 7, in which hundreds of Israelis were killed and dozens more captured.