Fresh fears of a new war are currently on the rise after Israel chose to launch a series of bomb explosions in Qatar.
According to reports from local media outlets, Israel confirmed that it did indeed bomb the capital city of Doha in Qatar as part of an attack on Hamas targets. This has sharply escalated the war against Palestinian militant groups by striking its political leadership in the Gulf state for the first time.
Qatar is reportedly said to be an important US ally and has hosted Hamas’s political leadership for more than a decade. It has similarly played a central role alongside Washington in seeking to mediate an end to Israel’s 22-month war in Gaza.
Israel shared how it had conducted a precise attack in the form of a strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization.point 245 |
‘Prior to the strike, measures were taken in order to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and additional intelligence’- the Israeli military shared.point 165 | Two residents in the capital city of Qatar confirmed that they had heard a series of loud bangs and felt an explosive force.point 267 | 1