Qatar says Israeli air strike on Hamas members in Doha 'killed any hope' for hostage release

Published on 11/09/2025 - 21:08 GMT+2

Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "killed immoderate hope" for nan merchandise of nan remaining hostages being held successful Gaza pursuing aerial strikes connected Doha connected Tuesday.

The Qatari premier, speaking to US media outlets, said that nan attacks, which Doha slammed arsenic authorities terrorism, person angered nan immense mostly of nan Arab world, including nan Gulf states, who person travel together successful a agreed show of unit to condemn Israel's actions.

"I was gathering 1 of nan hostages' families nan greeting of nan attack," said Al Thani successful an question and reply pinch CNN.

"They are counting connected this mediation. They person nary different dream for that."

"What Netanyahu has done, he conscionable killed immoderate dream for those hostages," he added.

The Israeli aerial onslaught targeted nan Hamas negotiating squad successful Doha arsenic they prepared to convene pinch mediators to talk a US ceasefire connection to extremity nan ongoing hostilities successful Gaza, quickly approaching nan two-year mark.

The blast killed six people. Hamas says its apical activity survived nan attack, noting that 5 lower-level members were killed.

The group has successful nan past taken months to corroborate nan assassination of its leaders and pursuing Tuesday's strike, offered nary contiguous impervious of nan endurance of their elder figures.

A Qatari information serviceman was besides killed successful nan attack.

A ceremonial was held connected Thursday for nan six victims astatine nan Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque. Eyewitnesses opportunity nan mosque, tin of accommodating 30,000 worshippers, was astatine capacity.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, accompanied by apical Qatari officials, was successful attendance for nan ceremonial prayers.

A big of location leaders, including nan United Arab Emirates' Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif descended to Doha connected Wednesday successful a show of solidarity pinch Qatar and to formulate a consequence to what is an unprecedented Israeli onslaught connected nan region.

Qatar says it will convene an emergency Arab-Islamic acme to talk nan strike, according to Qatar's nationalist news agency. The two-day acme is group to return spot successful Doha connected Sunday.

The announcement came arsenic nan United Nations Security Council opened an emergency session, which was delayed by a time to let nan Qatari premier to be to talk nan threat of further escalation.

All 15 members of nan Security Council, including nan US, a cardinal political, economical and defence state of Qatar, condemned nan Israeli aggression and expressed support for nan "sovereignty and territorial integrity" of Qatar.

The assembly besides endorsed a connection which called for nan de-escalation of location tensions, but did not explicitly mention Israel by name.