On April 23, 2025, Palestinians carried the bodies of children in a memorial procession at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza City, Palestine. The children were killed in an Israeli military airstrike on a school that had been used as a shelter.

　　On April 23, 2025, Palestinians carried the bodies of children at Al-Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip to mourn their deaths. The children were killed in an Israeli military airstrike on a school that had been used as a shelter.

　　On April 23, 2025, the Israeli military carried out an overnight airstrike on a school and shelter in Gaza City, killing 23 people. Arab mediators Egypt and Qatar were in the process of negotiating a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, including a 5- to 7-year ceasefire and the release of all remaining hostages. No immediate comment was available from the Israeli military regarding the attack, which saw several tents set ablaze and people burned alive.The Israeli military claims that it targeted only militants, attributing civilian deaths to Hamas, which it says has combatants hiding in densely populated areas. In another airstrike, six people, including a five-year-old twin girl, were killed.

　　Meanwhile, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom stated that the Israeli military's seven-week blockade of all imports, including food, to Gaza is unbearable. Palestinian President Abbas urged Hamas to release hostages to prevent the Israeli military from using them as a pretext to continue the war. In a speech in the West Bank, Abbas reiterated his demand that Hamas abandon its weapons and referred to Hamas in unusually strong terms as “sons of dogs.” Abbas, who leads the Palestinian Authority supported by the West, has no influence over Hamas. Hamas official Bassem Naim said that those who make insulting remarks lose the physical, psychological, and spiritual qualifications to hold leadership positions.