Qatar PM Urges World to 'Stop Using Double Standards' and Punish Israel
The airstrike killed six, including top Hamas aides and a Qatari officer, disrupting ceasefire talks backed by the U.S. and sparking widespread international condemnation.
- On Tuesday, Israel struck a building in Doha, Qatar targeting senior Hamas officials gathered over a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal, killing five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer.
- Ceasefire talks had been stalled for months due to Hamas factionalism and hostage leverage, and the strike followed President Donald Trump's demand for Hamas to negotiate the release of the 48 hostages.
- The UN Security Council condemned the strike unanimously, and Monday's emergency meeting will consider a draft resolution with leaders including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, while Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrives Sunday.
- The attack provoked widespread diplomatic criticism as the White House rebuked Israel, while Qatar's mediation role and U.S. base host position Doha to press Israel at the summit.
- Analysts say the strike could give outside Arab states a chance to help form a new Hamas leadership more open to negotiation and less beholden to Iran, while Gulf states urge Washington to rein in Israel at the Doha summit.
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Qatar PM urges world to 'stop using double standards' and punish Israel
DOHA: Qatar's prime minister urged the international community on Sunday (Sep 14) to reject "double standards" and hold Israel accountable, speaking on the eve of an emergency
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