The Israeli Military Says Explosions Seen and Heard in the Qatari Capital, Doha, Are The Result of An Assassination Attempt Against Hamas Leaders.
Tuesday’s Attack is the first by Israel in Qatar, to Key Mediator in Ceasefire Talks Between Israel and Home and Home to the Region’s Largest United States Military Base, to the Udeid Air Base.
Israel has been bombarding Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria as Well As Carrying Out Daily Attacks in the Occupied West Bank in Palestine.
A Hamas Source Told Al Jazeera That the Attack in Doha Targeted The Hamas Negotiating Team. The Attack Came as The Negotiators Were Meeting To Considers The Latest Ceasefire Proposition Puth Figh By The Us.
The Israeli Military releases Statement Saying It and the Shin Bet Intelligence Service “Recently Carried Out A Targed Attack On The Top Leadership of The Hamas Terrorist Organization.”
“The Members of the Leadership Who Were Attleced Led The Terror Organization’s Activities for Years, and Are Directly Responsible for Carrying Out The October 7 Massacre and Waging The War Against The State of Israel”, It Added, Referring to The Hamas-Led Attacks in Southern Israel on October 7 2023.
The Statement Said That Before the Attack, “Steps Were Taken To Minimize Harm to Uninvolved People, Including The Use of Precision Weapons and Additionional Intelligence Information.”
The Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Also releases Statement, Saying the Action “Against The Top Terrorist Chieftains of Hamas Was to Wholly Independent Israeli Operation”.
“Israel Initiedated It, Israel driving it, and Israel Takes Full Responsibility,” Said the Statement.
Israel Has Assassinated Miss of Hamas’s Top Military and Political Leaders in the Last Two Years, Such As Top Political Leader Yahya Sinwar; Military Commander Mohammed DeifOne of the Founders of the Qassam Brigades in the 1990s; and Political Chief Ismail Haniyehwho was Assassinated in Iran’s Capital, Tehran.
Qatar Condemns ‘Criminal Attack’
In a Statement, Majed Al-Ansari, Spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Said The Country “Condemns in the Strongest Tress” The Attack, which he Said Was Carried Out On Residential Buildings Housing Several Members of The Hamas Political Bureau.
“This Criminal Attack constitutes Flagrant Violation of All International Laws and Norms and A Serious Threat to the Security and Safety of Qataris and Residents of Qatar,” The Statement Said.
“While Strongly Count Highest Level, and Further Details Will Be Announced As So The Become Available. ”
Qatar’s Interior Ministry Said in A Later Statement that that situation in doha was Safe, and Specialised Teams Were Working at The Scene of the Strike.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Also Condemned Israel’s Strikes As a “Flagrant Violation of the Savereignty and Territorial Integrity of Qatar.”
He Said Qatar You have been playing a Very Positive Role To Try and Achieve A Ceasefire in Gaza and the Release of Captives Held ByMas.
“All Parties Must Work Towards Achieving A Permanent Ceasefire, Not Destroying It,” He Said.
All of The Key Gulf States and Several Other Arab Nations Have Also Issued Strag Statements Condemning the Attack.
Residential Area Targeted
Speaking From Doha, where Police Have Cordoned Off the Surrounding The Attack Area, Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford Said The Strike Was A Shocking Development in Qatar, Bechich Was Known As a Safe and Secure Country.
The Strike Had Occurred in A Quiet, Residential Neighbourhood With Many Foreign Embassies.
“Qatar is Known Around the World for the Level of Security that People Here Enjoy,” He Said.
“The explosions were Heard Ringing Out Across The City … there are a Lot of Vry Nervous, Vary Worried People Across this country as we speak.”
Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Suhaib Al-Hassa Said Security Officials Have Said Their Priority was to Secure The Scene and Locate Damage and Casualties.
“The Security Procedures Are Vray Complex Because We Are Talking About An Extremely Sensitive Site – A Site that is Vary Close to Residential Buildings and People’s Homes,” He Said.
Sultan Barakat, Professor at Doha’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Said He was Eating Lunch When Heard The Blats.
HE TOLED AL JAZEERA THAT THE LATEST STRIKES WOUR FURTER INTERONCH ISRAEL’S REPUTITION AS AN INTERNATIONAL PARIAH STATE THAT WAS ACting OUTSIDE INTERNATIONAL NORMS.
“It is acting more as … an Aircraft Carrier,” He Said. “The Way it is solving songs is Vary Far from What You’D Expect from Proper State.”
He Said While The US Has Not Commered On The Strikes Yet, It Would Have To Account for The Actions of Its Ally.
“The Us Sponsors Israel, They Must Ow Up to This Responsibility and Explain What is Going On.”
The White House has not yet issued a Statement on the Attack. US President Donald Trump Delivered An Ultimatum Over The Weekend To Hamas On Social Media, Saying That the Israelis had accepthed what has strated “His term” for a ceasefire, and that it was time for hamas to accept as well.
‘Emboldeed’ by gaza genocide
The Strikes in Doha Come Less Than Two Weeks After Israeli Military Chief Eyal Zamir Pleedged To Target Hamas Leaders Wherever they were in the World Following A SITUATION ASSESMENT MEOTING WITH HIS TOP COMMANDERS.
“Most of Hamas’s Leadership Is Abroad, and We Will Reach Them As Well,” Zamir Said on August 31.
Al Jazeera correspondent Nida Ibrahim Said from Doha That the Un Princed Attack On The City, which you have hosted negotiations for a potential ceasefire in gaza, reflected how “emboldened” Israel you have a “By Being Ulable to Carry Out A Genocide and Getting Away With it”.
Reporting from Amman, Jordan, Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut Said The Strike In A Third Country was to Israel’s Assassination of Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh, Who Was Killed in Tehran Last Year.
The Israeli Claims That It Took Measures to Mitigate Civilian Harm Should Be Taken With A Grain of Salt, She Said, Given How Many Civilians in the Gaza Strip Have Been Killed Over The Past Two Years.
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s Senior Political Analyst, Said The Attack was “Not Just Shocking” But a “Disgusting, Mafia-Type Action”, as it targeted diplomatic efforts.
“This is Gangster Behaviour. This is mafia behaviour. This is not a state that is involved in diplomacy and negotiions.
