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<\/p>\nPresident Trump has told the Emir of Qatar that his country is safe from further Israeli attacks as the White House described the country as a \u201cclose ally\u201d.<\/p>\n
He spoke to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani after Israel tried to assassinate Hamas leaders in Doha, the Qatari capital.<\/p>\n
According to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, the US president had assured the Emir \u201cthat such a thing will not happen again on their soil\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, of Qatar, welcomes President Trump to Doha in May this year<\/p>\n
ALEX BRANDON\/AP<\/p>\n
US disputes Israeli claim<\/p>\n
The White House has cast doubt on Israel\u2019s claims that it had warned President Trump about the strikes on Qatar.<\/p>\n
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Trump had been notified \u201cby the United States military that Israel was attacking Hamas\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker peace, does not advance Israel or America\u2019s goals,\u201d she said. \u201cHowever, eliminating Hamas, who have profited off the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump condemns attack on \u2018US ally\u2019<\/p>\n
President Trump has condemned Israel\u2019s attack on Qatar in a call with Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.<\/p>\n
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said attacking a \u201cclose ally of the United States that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker peace, does not advance Israel or America\u2019s goals\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States, and feels very badly about the location of this attack,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Six people killed, Hamas says in statement<\/p>\n
In its first official statement following the strikes in Doha, Hamas asserted that the Israeli attack had been intended to derail negotiations for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange.<\/p>\n
The terrorist group confirmed that its senior leaders had survived the assassination attempt, but noted that six people had been killed, including the son of the Hamas chief in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya, one of his aides and a Qatari security officer.<\/p>\n
Hamas stated: \u201cThis once again exposes the criminal nature of the occupation and its intent to thwart any opportunities for reaching an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamas members killed, group confirms<\/p>\n
Suhail al-Hindi, a member of Hamas\u2019s political bureau, claimed that Israel\u2019s attempt to assassinate Khalil al-Hayya and other militants discussing Trump\u2019s ceasefire proposal had failed.<\/p>\n
However, he said the attack had resulted in the death of al-Hayya\u2019s son, Humam, and one of his senior aides, and that communication with three other bodyguards has been lost.<\/p>\n
Al-Hindi called for concrete action against Israel to halt its attacks on Palestinians, insisting that \u201ccondemnations and statements are insufficient\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe free world must denounce this heinous act, the attempt to assassinate those engaged in discussions to end the war in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n
UK Palestine activists out in force<\/p>\n
In London hundreds of Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered opposite Downing Street to protest President Herzog\u2019s visit to the UK.<\/p>\n
One activist had a sign that read: \u201cIsaac Herzog genocide defender not welcome here!\u201d<\/p>\n
Protesters also waved Palestinian flags, with some chanting: \u201cSay it loud, say it clear, Isaac is not welcome here\u201d and \u201cKeir Starmer shame on you, David Lammy shame on you\u201d.<\/p>\n
Qatari corporal was killed<\/p>\n
Qatar\u2019s interior ministry said a member of its internal security forces had been killed in the Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to preliminary information, the attack resulted in the martyrdom of Corporal Bader Saad Mohammed al-Humaidi al-Dosari, a member of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya),\u201d a statement said.<\/p>\n
Other security personnel were also wounded, the statement added.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu: War could end right now<\/p>\n
The Israeli prime minister said that the Gaza war could end immediately if Hamas were to agree to a truce proposal put forward by Trump, which would begin with the release of Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n
Trump announced on Sunday that he had put forward a proposal to secure the release of the hostages held in Gaza, but the White House has not released any details about it.<\/p>\n
In a speech at the US embassy, Netanyahu said \u201cthe days are over when terror leaders will enjoy immunity in a particular place\u201d after the strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur enemies must know one thing \u2014 since the creation of Israel, the blood of Jews is not cheap!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Surgical, precision strike\u2019 was response to bus knifing<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has said he authorised the attack on the Hamas chiefs after the group took credit for killing six people at a bus stop in Jerusalem<\/a> on Monday, as well as for the deaths of four Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n \u201cAt noon I convened the heads of Israel\u2019s security organisations and authorised a surgical precision strike on the terrorist chiefs of Hamas,\u201d Netanyahu said during his speech at the US embassy in Israel at an Independence Day event. <\/p>\n \u201cThese are the same terrorists who planned, launched and celebrated the horrific massacres of October 7th.\u201d<\/p>\n Netanyahu said the Hamas leaders in Doha were meeting in \u201cthe same place, exactly the same place, where they celebrated this savagery almost two years ago\u201d.<\/p>\n He added that Israel has fulfilled its promise to reach those who perpetrated the attacks of October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people died.<\/p>\n Hamas \u2018preparing new offensive\u2019<\/p>\n Israeli sources have told The Times that Hamas, while outwardly appearing busy with negotiations over a ceasefire deal, was plotting with the Houthi rebels in Yemen to strike western ships in the Red Sea in an effort to put pressure on Israel to stop the war.<\/p>\n In addition, Hamas was \u201ccreating new vectors\u201d for a major cross-border attack on Israel.<\/p>\n The source did not specify which direction the attack would come from, but it was not from Gaza. Israel shares borders with Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.<\/p>\n Hamas continues to raise funds for operations against Israel, the source claimed.<\/p>\n America was informed of the strike ahead of time, according to Israeli sources who spoke to The Times, with President Trump giving his final warning to Hamas to release the hostages only days ago.<\/p>\n The conditions on the table are now for a full deal, including a release of living and dead hostages and a complete disarmament by the terrorists, or the IDF will push ahead with a full offensive in Gaza City.<\/p>\n Hamas heads are \u2018ongoing targets\u2019<\/p>\n The Hamas leadership in Doha had been \u201congoing targets\u201d for Israel since October 7, according to diplomatic sources briefed by Israeli officials.<\/p>\n The decision to strike was made in the past few days, after intelligence had been gathered. <\/p>\n It was then up to the defence establishment to prepare the correct fighter jets and munitions to hit their targets, the officials said.<\/p>\n Attacks not helpful, says UK minister<\/p>\n Karin Smyth, a UK government minister, has said that Israel\u2019s attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar was \u201cnot helpful\u201d towards efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and free the hostages held there.<\/p>\n The hospitals minister told Times Radio<\/a>: \u201cThe situation in Israel\/Gaza continues to be completely intolerable. And at the end of the day, we\u2019re only going to have a political solution to this so we do want restraint on this sort of activity.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is intolerable, the situation that we are seeing and some of the conversations about Gaza that are coming out of Israel and as Keir Starmer has been clear about, and with David Lammy and now Yvette Cooper, this has to be a political solution. We want to continue to support and find that solution, a two-state solution in the area. And these sorts of incidents are not helpful. We need to get the hostages back.\u201d<\/p>\n Starmer will still meet Herzhog<\/p>\n Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s meeting with President Herzog of Israel will go ahead, Downing Street has confirmed.<\/p>\n But the British government warned against an escalation in violence after the IDF\u2019s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar.<\/p>\n The prime minister\u2019s official spokesman told reporters: \u201cYou\u2019ll appreciate these are emerging reports. We are monitoring those as more details emerge.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been clear that Hamas are a vile terrorist organisation responsible for an abhorrent attack on Israel on October 7, but we do not want to see a further escalation in violence which risks further destabilisation in the region.<\/p>\n \u201cOur overarching priority is to see an end to the horrific suffering in Gaza, starting with an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages and a surge in humanitarian aid, leading to \u2026 peace for Israelis and Palestinians, peace in the wider region.\u201d<\/p>\n No 10 denied having prior knowledge of the attack, saying it was \u201can Israeli-led operation\u201d and \u201can entirely independent operation\u201d.<\/p>\n Target survived poisoning attempt<\/p>\n Also targeted in the strike was Khaled Meshaal, the former political head of Hamas, who was also living in Qatar.<\/p>\n He survived an attempted poisoning by Israel in 1997, which caused a diplomatic incident with Jordan.<\/p>\n Meshaal was succeeded as the Hamas leader by Ismail Haniyeh in 2017, but has stepped in as acting leader on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n Hamas deputy was in the building<\/p>\n The deputy leader of Hamas, Mousa Abu Marzouk, was also reportedly in the buildings hit by the air strike. He had co-founded and led the group before his arrest in 1995 in the US, where he was a permanent resident.<\/p>\n After his release, he took a back seat to Khaled Meshaal and then later represented Hamas in Egypt, where he often held court with journalists and became one of the main spokesmen for the group. He then relocated with much of the Hamas leadership to Qatar.<\/p>\n In an interview with The Times last year, Abu Marzouk showed no remorse for the October 7 attack, which led to a war that has since destroyed much of Gaza.<\/p>\n Haniyeh\u2019s successor was No 1 target<\/p>\n The main target of Israel\u2019s strike in Qatar appears to have been Khalil al-Haya, a senior Hamas leader who was meant to replace his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated by Israel last year in Tehran.<\/p>\n Hamas, however, chose Yahya Sinwar after Haniyeh\u2019s assassination, and after Sinwar\u2019s own death in Gaza the leadership fell to a council, effectively led by Haya. His official title was deputy head of Hamas\u2019s political bureau, but Haya had emerged as lead negotiator to broker ceasefires with Israel, as well as negotiations with Hamas\u2019s political rivals in Fatah.<\/p>\n Haya had also been entrusted with another role: rallying support for Hamas\u2019s October 7 attack from the group\u2019s allies in Iran and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah before it took place, according to documents released by Israel. It was unclear if he was successful, as the US said that Iran had no foreknowledge of the attack. However, that he was entrusted with the task showed his status within the group.<\/p>\n Aoun: Israel destabilising the region<\/p>\n Lebanon has said Israel\u2019s attack on Doha is an attempt to further destabilise the Middle East.<\/p>\n Joseph Aoun, the president of Lebanon, said the Israeli strikes were \u201cpart of a series of attacks committed by Israel, demonstrating its insistence on undermining all efforts made to achieve stability and security in the countries of the region and the safety of its people\u201d.<\/p>\n Since a ceasefire nominally put an end to the latest war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in November, Israel has continued to launch near-daily strikes on Lebanon.<\/p>\n Aoun urged \u201cthe international community to put an end to these Israeli practices that continue to violate all international laws and agreements and obstruct every commendable effort made by the state of Qatar to establish peace in the region and put an end to the suffering of the brotherly Palestinian people\u201d.<\/p>\n President Aoun said Israel was undermining Middle East peace<\/p>\n HASSAN AMMAR\/AP<\/p>\n \u2018Plumes of smoke rising\u2019<\/p>\n Taher Omar Sheikh, a Doha resident, has told The Times that he witnessed three blasts.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWhen I was passing by the Legtaifya petrol station in Doha, I heard three loud explosions and decided to stop for a moment.<\/p>\n \u201cI then noticed people fleeing from the nearby residential area terrified and confused. The sounds of ambulances and police sirens echoed through the streets close to the blasts.<\/p>\n \u201cEven from where I stopped my car, for the second time, to see what happened, I could see plumes of smoke rising from the distance, while a convoy of police vehicles sped toward the blast site.\u201d<\/p>\n Qatar is \u2018state sponsor of terror\u2019<\/p>\n A former IDF spokesman has said that Qatar is \u201ca state sponsor of terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n Jonathan Conricus told Times Radio<\/a>: \u201cThese people who Israel targeted are Hamas leaders. And I think that should be the number one issue.<\/p>\n \u201cNow yes, I agree there is an issue here of Israel conducting an attack on the soil of another sovereign country. That is an issue. But when I weigh the two, the importance of the Hamas leadership, what they have planned and their role in planning and executing and funding and arming Hamas for the October 7, [and what] they have been doing since, which is prolonging the war and refusing to hand over the hostages and end the war. <\/p>\n \u201cYes, I would think that this not only is a justified action, but I hope that it is an action that will send a message to Hamas that time is up and that they need to hand over the hostages and end the war.\u201d<\/p>\n Video shows aftermath of strikeHostages \u2018must not pay the price\u2019<\/p>\n Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza said their loved ones may pay the price for the attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, reacting to the strike with \u201cdeep concern\u201d and \u201cheavy anxiety\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cA grave fear now hangs over the price that the hostages may pay,\u201d the hostage families\u2019 forum, an umbrella group representing the relatives of hostages and freed captives said.<\/p>\n They said that they knew from the freed hostages\u2019 testimonies that Hamas directed \u201cbrutal\u201d revenge at their captives at times of attack.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe chance of bringing them back now faces greater uncertainty than ever before, with one thing of absolute certainty \u2014 their time is running out. The price for the 48 hostages could be unbearable. The living hostages could be murdered at any moment and the deceased could disappear forever,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n Israel releases statement<\/p>\n Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Israel Katz, the defence minister, have released a joint statement:<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday, after the murderous attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza, Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed all security agencies to prepare for the possibility of thwarting the leaders of Hamas. The defence minister fully supported this proposal.<\/p>\n \u201cThis afternoon, in light of an operational opportunity, and in consultation with all heads of the defence establishment and with full backing, the prime minister and the defence minister decided to implement the instruction given last night to the IDF and the Shin Bet, which did so in a precise and optimal manner.<\/p>\n \u201cThe prime minister and the defence minister believed that the action was completely justified in light of the fact that this Hamas leadership was the one who initiated and organised the October 7 massacre, and has not stopped launching murderous actions against the State of Israel and its citizens since then, including taking responsibility for the murder of our citizens in yesterday\u2019s attack in Jerusalem<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hamas \u2018must be eradicated\u2019: US<\/p>\n Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, said Israel had \u201cenemies encamped around them and they\u2019re trying to bring peace\u201d.<\/p>\n Johnson, who visited Israel in August, told reporters he had not yet seen news of the strike and would reserve judgment. However, he said of Israel: \u201cIt\u2019s a very dangerous time there and they have enemies encamped around them, and they\u2019re trying to bring that to a peace as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Hamas must be eradicated, Johnson said, adding. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to remove that threat on the immediate border frankly within the bounds of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s team \u2018told of attack\u2019<\/p>\n President Trump\u2019s administration was notified immediately before the Israeli attack on Qatar, America has said.<\/p>\n A US official told Axios that \u201cthe Trump administration was only notified immediately before the Israeli attack began\u201d.<\/p>\n Is it safe to visit Qatar right now?<\/p>\n![\"President](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\/a47fbe01-ea56-419e-8c32-4f5b34ce36a4.jpg\")
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