Smoke rises from behind residential areas after explosions in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Israel mentioned it launched a strike focusing on senior Hamas leaders.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli navy mentioned it carried out an airstrike focusing on senior Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital on Tuesday. The assault prompted worldwide condemnation, and was even met with disapproval from the USA, an ally of each Israel and Qatar.
A Hamas official mentioned no chief was killed. However chatting with NPR on situation of anonymity, as a way to remark earlier than the group made a proper announcement, the Hamas official confirmed 5 fatalities, together with the son of Hamas’ prime negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, in addition to an workplace supervisor and several other different staff.
Qatar’s Inside Ministry additionally mentioned a member of its Inside Safety Pressure was killed.
That is the primary time Israel has carried out a strike in Doha. It marks an escalation in Israel’s conflict towards Hamas, inside a metropolis that has performed host to mediation efforts to finish the battle.
Israel’s navy mentioned the Hamas leaders it was focusing on had been instantly answerable for the Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel, and have since been “orchestrating and managing” the conflict towards Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Protection Minister Israel Katz mentioned in a joint assertion they’d instructed officers to organize for a potential strike on Hamas leaders following a shooting by two Palestinian gunmen that killed six Israelis at a bus cease in Jerusalem on Monday. Hamas on Tuesday claimed accountability for the capturing in Jerusalem.
This body seize taken from an AFPTV footage reveals a person smoke billowing after explosions in Doha on Tuesday.
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