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Israel has confirmed carriying out a strike on senior Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital Doha
A Hamas official said its negotiating team was targeted in the attack
The BBC reports that it was unclear whether any of them were killed, but photos showed a badly damaged building in the north of the city
Qatar, which had mediated indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, calls the attack a “blatant violation” of international law
The IDF said it “conducted a precise strike” and those targeted “are directly responsible for the brutal October 7 massacre”
The strike sets a worrying precedent for future peace talks, our security correspondent writes
A White House official tells the BBC the US was “notified” of the attack ahead of time
The Hamas negotiating team is based in Doha, and have not been involved in any indirect negotiations with Israel since July.
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In his address Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this morning, Hamas proudly took credit for killing four Israeli soldiers in Gaza, as well as six people who were killed at a bus stop in Jerusalem.
“At noon I convened the heads of Israeli security organisations and authorised a surgical, precision strike on the terrorist chiefs of Hamas,” he said.
The Israeli PM adds that on October 7, 2023, Hamas “perpetrated the worst attack on Jewish people since the holocaust”.
“At the start of war, Israel said it would reach those who perpetrated that horror. Today, Israel and I kept that promise,” Netanyahu stated.
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