US EditionQatar Denounces Israel Before Major Summit on Israel's Attack Targeting Hamas Leaders
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani condemned Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Doha as state terrorism and called for international accountability amid ongoing conflict.
- On Sunday, Qatar's prime minister denounced Israel, urging the international community to 'stop applying double standards,' amid a meeting of Arab and Muslim foreign ministers about the Doha attack.
- Analysts note the strike involved the F-35I Adir and was the first known Israeli military action on Qatari soil, killing six people—five members of Hamas and one Qatari security force member—in West Bay Lagoon district, Doha, using about 10 precision weapons.
- Experts are now examining how Israeli aircraft penetrated Qatar's multilayered air defenses—including Patriot PAC-3 missile batteries, NASAMS air-defense system, and Qatar's air force—despite Al Udeid Air Base hosting over 10,000 American personnel and extensive investments.
- Regional ministers convened to consider a unified response as Hamas official Bassem Naim said the summit on Monday should produce a unified Arab-Islamic stance and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned that silence enables more crimes.
- The strike comes against the backdrop of the war that began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people and abducted 251; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the strike amid more than 64,000 Palestinians killed and 48 hostages remaining in Gaza.
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Qatar hosting summit over the Israeli attack on Hamas in Doha, seeking to restrain such assaults
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar prepared Monday to host a summit over Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha last week, hoping a group of Arab and Islamic nations will offer a way to restrain Israel as its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip grinds on. The attack on Hamas leaders came as Qatar serves as a key mediator in an effort to reach a ceasefire in the war, something Doha insisted it will continue to do even after the assault. Since …
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Qatar denounces Israel before major summit
INQUIRER.net DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar’s prime minister denounced Israel on Sunday as foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to discuss a possible unified response to Israel’s attack on Doha targeting the leadership of the militant group Hamas. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who also serves as Qatar’s foreign minister, made the comments before a meeting Monday of leaders from those nations. Sheikh Mohammed said Q…
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