Israel's attack in Qatar condemned; Hamas says leaders survived Chantal Da SilvaSeptember 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM 0 Israel faced an intense new wave of global outrage Wednesday after its attack in Qatar targeting Hamas leaders as they gathered to discuss a U.S.
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Chantal Da SilvaSeptember 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Israel faced an intense new wave of global outrage Wednesday after its attack in Qatar targeting Hamas leaders as they gathered to discuss a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The brazen strike on the capital of the influential Gulf state, which has played a key role in negotiations, was roundly condemned as an escalation that threatened to derail efforts to to end the war.
President Donald Trump offered rare public criticism, telling reporters that he was "very unhappy" about the attack, which killed at least six people but did not appear to have taken out its main targets.
In an interview with NBC News in Jerusalem on Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declined to comment directly on the attack, deferring to the White House. But he said that "countries make decisions based on what they think their best interests are and that doesn't mean everyone agrees."
Hamas said in a statement Tuesday that its senior leadership had survived Israel's attack in Doha.
The Israeli attack on a key regional ally of the U.S. was seen as a significant escalation. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters)
Qatar condemned "the cowardly Israeli attack," calling it a "blatant violation of all international laws and norms." It was joined by a flurry of states from across the Middle East as well as China, Russia and others.
European powers, long allies of Israel, warned that the strike threatened to imperil the renewed push for a deal that would bring an end to the war that has devastated Gaza and see the hostages who remain held there released.
Trump on Friday said the U.S. was in "very deep" negotiations with Hamas.
Germany said the strike "not only violates Qatar's territorial sovereignty but also jeopardizes all our efforts to release the hostages."
"This blow is unacceptable," said German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul.
As Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepared to welcome Israeli President Isaac Herzog to London on Wednesday, he disavowed the attack, saying it violated Qatar's sovereignty and risked "further escalation across the region."
French President Emmanuel Macron called the assault "unacceptable, whatever the reason, adding that "under no circumstances should the war spread throughout the region."
The blowback came as Israel also faced mounting backlash over its deadly campaign in Gaza, with outrage growing over its bid to take over Gaza City, where famine was declared by the world's leading body on hunger last month.
Thousands of leaflets rained down over the city on Tuesday with orders from the Israeli military demanding Palestinians leave the area to an already-crowded so-called "humanitarian zone" further south.
Leaflets dropped by the Israeli military, urging evacuation south to al-Mawasi, land in Gaza City on Tuesday. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP via Getty Images)
Palestinians evacuating Gaza City, moving along the coastal road in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. (Eyad Baba / AFP via Getty Images)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the military strike in Qatar had been targeting the planners of the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 taken hostage.
Since then, more than 64,000 people have been killed in Israel's assault on Gaza, including thousands of children, according to the Palestinian health ministry in the enclave.
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