The Israeli army confirmed a “precise attack on the senior leadership” by Hamás on Tuesday. Shortly before, the chain Al Jazeera He said that explosions had been heard in Doha, the capital of Qatarwhere several members of the organization reside.
According to Al Jazeera, The attack was aimed at a negotiating delegation of Hamas while gathered to discuss the US proposal of Alto El Fuego in the Gaza Strip.
“Attack on the negotiating delegation of Hamas during its meeting in Doha. The meeting was attacked while discussing the president’s proposal [Donald Trump] From a high fire, ”said a high -ranking source from Hamas to Al Jazeera.
The center of a building reached in the attack seems to have collapsed, Andrew Potter, executive producer of CNN.
Attack against Hamas
“For years, these members of Hamas’s leadership have directed the operations of the terrorist group, are directly responsible for the brutal massacre of October 7 and have been orchestrating and managing the war against the state of Israel,” said Israeli forces in their message.
For his part, the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Qatar, Majed Al Ansari, confirmed that Israel attacked “several members of the Political Office of the Hamas Movement in Doha” and that the Government had launched an investigation “at the highest level” on this “cowardly attack.”
In a statement, Qatar “strongly” condemned this Israel’s action “against residential buildings that housed several members of the political bureau in Doha”, without identifying who they were.
“This criminal attack constitutes a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms and represents a serious threat to the safety of the catari and their residents,” said the spokesman.
“While the state of Qatar strongly condemns this attack, confirms that this reckless behavior of Israel or the continuous disturbance of regional security will not tolerate, nor any act that threatens its safety and sovereignty. Research at the highest level is being carried out and more details will be announced as soon as they are available,” he said to Ansari.
Negotiations for a fire stop
The news comes in full impulse to negotiations for a high fire in the Gaza Strip by the United States.
This Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that Israel has accepted President Donald Trump’s latest proposal under the conditions of all hostages in the strip and that Hamas deposes the weapons.
Until now, the negotiating delegation of the Palestinian part has been directed by Khalil al Hayya, a member of the political bureau of the group that is based on Qatar.
Flotilla with humanitarian aid for Gaza denounced an attack in Tunisia
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel decided to take advantage of an “opportunity” to attack Hamas’s leadership in Qatar after the shooting in Jerusalem yesterday.
“Yesterday, after the mortal attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza, Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed all security agencies to prepare for the possibility of attacking Hamas leaders,” said the two officials in a statement, cited by CNN. “The Minister of Defense fully supported this directive.”
