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Foreign Correspondent Matthijs Le Loux : The White House Confirms Reports from Multiple International Media Outlets That It was informed in Advance by Israel. This does not contribute to the credibility of Trump’s apology to qatar.
As the stressed relationship between Netanyahu and Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden Showed, Israel Does Not Always Do What its biggest Ally Wants. At the same time, it is clear that only the us can call the Israeli prime minister to order in Such a Situation: Israel is Heavily Dependent on American Support. If the US Really Makes A Breaking Point of A Diplomatic Disagreement, It is Unlikely that Tel Aviv Will Easily Dismiss It.
Israeli Media Report that the US was not only aware but explicitly cool Israel Permission for the Attack in Qatar. If that is not correct, then the American approach was at Least Implicit: the white house did not flex its muscles to avert the attack.
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Message from Witkoff Arrived -Tack The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs Says That the American Warning of the Attack Came At The Moment Explosions Were Heard in Doha. Earlier, Qatar Denied that the US Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, had informed the country.
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Furthermore, Hamas Says That Attacking the Delegation Responsible for Negotiating a Ceasefire shows that Netanyahu “Does not want to reach an agreement.” He and his Government “are deliberately trying to thwart all international efforts, disregarding the lives of their prisoners in the resistance (The Israeli Hostages in Gaza, ed.), The Sovereigtyty of States and the Security and Stability of the Region.”
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Hamas Shares Identity of Five Dead in Addition to the son and a Key Employee or Hamas Leader Khalil Al-Hayya, It Indeed Concerns Three Employees of His Security. Here are the names in a row:
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Trump Spoke with Qatar and Israel After Attack Trump Spoke with Both Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Leader of Qatar After the Attack. Netanyahu Reportedly Said Hey Wants To Make Peace With Hamas Quickly.
Trump promised the Qatari Leader That Such an Attack would not happen again on his territory.
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US would inform Qatar of Attack the White House Confirms in a Statement That It was Informed of the Attack This Morning. Steve Witkoff, The US Special Envoy for the Middle East, Should have informed Qatar of the Israeli Attack.
Furthermore, The White House Says That Hitting Hamas is a “WORTHY goal.” However, the US Feels Bad About the Location of the Bombing.
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The Israeli Attack on Doha is Facing Strong International Criticism from, Among Others, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt. Accordance to the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, Israel Deliberately Sabotages “All Attempts to Achieve Stability in the Region”. More Reactions can be read in this article.
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Hamas: Attack does not change ceasefire demands in Gaza in a statement, Hamas says that the Israeli Attack on the negotiators of the Hamas Delegation Will not change the demands for a Ceasefire in Gaza. Hamas Wants, Among Other Things, Israeli Troops to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
Furthermore, The Militant Movement Says That They Hold the US Responsible for the Attack in Addition to Israel. A Senior White House Official Told CNN Earlier That They had Been Informed in Advance.
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An ambulance is on its way to the site of the Israeli Attack. Accordance to Hamas, there may be five deaths. Earlier, the Death of the son and a key employee or Hamas Leader Khalil Al-Hayya was announced. In Addition, Three Bodyguards Are Said to Be Missing.
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Member of Qatari Security Forces Killed in Attack a Member of the Security Forces of Qatar Has Been Killed in the Israeli Attack. Others Are Said to Have Been Injured, Reports News Agency Reuters Based on A Statement from the Ministry of the Interior of Qatar.
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Netanyahu: ‘Terrorist leaders No Longer Untouchable’ Duration a television speech, The Israeli Prime Minister Declared That “The Days When Leaders of Terrorist Groups Were Still Untouchable” are about. “I will not allow that immunity to continuous.”
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Son of Hamas Leader Khalil Al-Hayya Killed in Israeli Attack That’s What a Hamas Official Told News Channel Al Jazeera . Al-Hayya himself is Said to Have Survived the Attack. One of his most important assistants has also killed leg.
Khalil Al-Hayya is Considered One of the Most Important Leaders Within Hamas. His Influence Reportedly Increased After The Death of Former Hamas Leaders Ismael Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, in July and October last year. Accordance to news agency Reuters , he is part of the five-member leadership Council of the Militant Movement, which has been in Charge Since Sinwar’s Death. Al-Hayya plays a key role in the negotiations with Israel and is SEEN as the most influential figure in the Movement Abroad.
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United Kingdom Criticizes Israeli Attack A Spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer Tells Journalists That They Do Not Want “Further Escalation of Violence in the Region.” That would only get the “risk of further destabilization.”
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Netanyahu ordered attack on doha After Attack in Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Had The Israeli Army Prepare the Attack After The Shooting in The Israeli City of Jerusalem Yesterday in which Six People Were Killed Israel Israel Israel.
Hamas Claimed Responsibility for That Shooting Earlier Today. Netanyahu says he cool the order for the attack Around Noon (Israeli Time). Accordance to Netanyahu, there was an ‘operational opportunity’. The Israeli Prime Minister Claims That The Attack is “Fully Justified.”
Two Shooters Killed Six People Waiting for the bus in Jerusalem on Monday. Twelve Others Were kured.
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American Warning for Citizens in Doha Lifted the American Embassy in Qatar Has withdrawn Its Advice for Americans to Take Shelter. That Warning Came Moments After The Israeli Attack On Doha.
Qatar also Reported Earlier That the Danger Seemed to Have passed.
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Khalil Al-Hayya is Said to Have Been One of the Targets of the Israeli Attack. He is reportedly the chief negotiator on Behalf of the Hamas Delegation.
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White House Source also Says us Knew of Attack “We were informed in Advance,” A Senior Official in the White House Tells CNN, Among Others. The Same was Previously Reported by Israeli Sources. A Source Tells CBS News That the Warning was only Given Shortly in Advance. Two Other Sources Tell CBS that the US and Israel Did Not Consult on the Planning of the Attack. The US has not yet official responded to the Israeli Bombing of a Friendly Country. Like Israel, Qatar is An Ally of the United States. The Largest American Military Base in the Region is location in Qatar.
Israel Emphasizes That It Acted Independently in the Attack.
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‘Relations in the Middle East are not getting better’ an Agreement Between Israel and Hamas Already Seemed Far Away, and the Attack on Hamas Leaders in Doha Does Not Seem to Bring a Ceasefire Closer. “This has Two Important Consquences,” Says Peter Malcontent, Middle East Expert at the University of Utrecht, to NU.nl about the Israeli Attack.
“In the first place, it brings a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas further out of reach. It will not encourage Hamas to be flexible in the negotiations. Now it was already questionable whether those negotiations would lead to anything, so the second consequence is perhaps even more important: relations In the middle east are not getting better. “
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A Camera crew from the French news agency afp captured the plume of smoke, shortly after the explosion.
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Un Chief Condemns The Attack Accordination to Un Chief Antonio Guterres, The Attack is a clear violation of Qatar’s Sovereigtyty. “All parties must work Towards a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, not destroying it.”
Qatar, Together with Egypt, plays an important role as a mediator in the negotiations between Hamas and Israel.
Jordan also calls the attack a violation of international law. Accordance to them, the attack is “a serious threat to the qatari population,” Said Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on X. Safadi States That the Attack also Endangers the Security and Stability of the Region. He says he fully supports qatar in “Taking Every Necessary Step” in Response to the “Aggression”.
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Smoke Plumes Above Qatari City of Doha After Israeli Air Strike
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Office of Prime Minister Netanyahu: “Israel Takes Full Responsibility for Attack” “Today’s Action Against the Terrorist Leaders of Hamas was a Complety Independent Operation,” The Statement Said on X. “Israel Tok the Initiative, Israel Carried It Out and Israel ITILIAL” “
Earlier, Channel 12 Reported Based on a senior Israeli Official that us President Trump would have Given the Green Light for the Attack. An Israeli also Tells Cnn that the US was informed in Advance. An official reaction from the white house remains forthcoming.
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Two Sources Within Hamas Tell News Agency Reuters That the Group’s Negotiators Survived the Attack in Doha.
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A Nu.nl Reader is Currently in The Qatari Capital. “For now, I’m still stuck in traffic on the way home in doha. There are a lot of police cars driving around (and people because it’s rush hour),” Says the reader. “Some roads are Being Closed and the Damage Will Be Evaluated. Everyone is Fairly Calm.”
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It would not be the first time that Hamas Leaders Abroad Have Been the Target of An Israeli Attack. Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh was Killed Last Year when he visited the Iranian Capital Tehran.
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A reporter from al jazeera reports that a residential area has been hit and that it was not an attack on an isolated location.
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A Spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Calls the Attack “Dangerous” and a Violation of International Law.
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The American Embassy in Doha is Calling on American Citizens to Take Shelter.
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Smoke Can Be Seen in Doha After Several Explosions Were Heard.
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Accordance to CNN , Khalil al Hayya, One of the Targets of the Attack, had a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-hari in Doha Yesteray.
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“For years, thesis leaders of Hamas Have Led the Operations of the Terrorist Organization,” Reads A Statement from the Israeli Army. According to the Army, The Hamas Leaders Are “Directly Responsible” for the Attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023. The Army also Says That Duration the Attack in Qatar Measures Were Tasks to Limit Civilition, Including The Use Of Precision.
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Israel is Said to Have Called the Operation “Atzeret Hadin,” Reports Channel 12 . Roughly Translated, That Means As Much As Judgment Day.
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Accordance to the Israeli Channel 12 , President Donald Trump Gave the Green Light for the Attack. The Medium quotes An Israeli Authority.
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Qatar Condemns the Attack. Accordance to the Gulf State, it is an undeniable violation of international law. An Investigation Into the Attack would be launched “at the Highest Level”.
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An Israeli Official Tells News Agency Reuters That the United States had Been Informed Before the Air Strike.
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Accordance to Israeli Media, Khalil Al Hayya and Zaher Jabarin Were the Target. They are members of the political agency of Hamas and Were Involved in the negotiations for the release of the hostages.
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Accordance to Al Jazeera , which quotes a Source Within Hamas, The Negotiators of Hamas Were The Target of the Attack.
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The Israeli Army is Said to Have Wanted to Hit Senior Members of the Militant Group. Whether that was successful is uncleear.
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Israel Reports Attack on Hamas Members, Explosions in Doha the Israeli Army Has Reportedly Carried Out A “Precision Attack on Hamas Members” in Qatar. Explosions Have Been Heard in the Capital Doha.
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Hamas Claims Deadly Attack in Jerusalem The Armed Wing of Hamas Has Claimed Responsibility for a Deadly Attack in Jerusalem On Monday. At Least Six People Were Killed in The Shooting and Several Others Were SeriOutly Jured.
Hamas had Previously Praised the Shooting, But Did Not Claim Responsibility for It. Later on Monday, The Related Group Islamic Jihad also praised the attack and perpetrators.
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Israel Razes Flats in Gaza City in Run-up to Occupation
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Israel Wants to Occupy the Entire Gaza Strip. Israel Now Controls 86.5 percent or Gaza. This also meets that there are fewer and ferwer places where Palestinians can go.
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The Evacuation From Gaza City Has Begun. Palestinians are instructed to leave the city via a coastal road. They must go to a humanitarian zone in the South, where it would be safe accordance to the idf.
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Israel Agrees to Trump’s Plan for a Ceasefire Israel Has Agreed to Donald Trump’s Latest Proposal for a Ceasefire in Gaza. “We accept the end of the war if the hostages are released and Hamas Lays down its arms,” Said Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
What Exactly is in The American President’s Proposal is not clear. Accordance to Channel 12 , The Withdrawal of Israeli Troops is also mentioned. Israel Previously Did Not Want to Know Anything About That. The Government Decided to Occupy the Entire Gaza Strip.
Hamas Has Not Yet Responded to the Proposal.
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The Israeli Attack on Gaza City Has Destroyed Several Flats. Images show plumes of smoke rising above the city and tent camps.
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Four Israeli Soldiers Killed Four Israeli Soldiers Have Been Killed in Gaza City, Writes Times of Israel . They are said to have leg killed by members of Hamas. That information has not leg independently verified.
The Soldiers were in a tank where a grenade was in a thrown. It is not of that Israeli soldiers are killed. Since the end of the Ceasefire by Israel, About Fifty Idf Soldiers Have Been Killed in Gaza.
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IDF Orders Complete Evacuation From Gaza City After The Attacks, The Israeli Army (IDF) Orders A Complete Evacuation. Residents of Gaza City Must Move to a So-Called Humanitarian Zone in the South. Accordance to aid organizations, it is not safe in those zones either. The IDF Warns Palestinians That It is “Extremely Dangerous” to Stay in Gaza City.
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Boxes of Flats Bombed in Gaza City Israel Has Bombed boxes of flats in Gaza City. Accordance to Defense Minister Israel Katz, at Least Thirty Residential Buildings Have Been Destroyed. He speaks on x or “terror towers” in which Hamas Members are said to have leg hiding. Tunnel Networks or Hamas would also have leg builds under the flats. Israel Did Not Provide Evidence for this.
The Flat Buildings Mainly Housed Media Companies, Writes The Israeli Newspaper Haaretz . About 350 tents where thousands of people were sheltering were also destroyed in the attacks. At Least 32 Palestinians Were Killed in The Bombings, Writes Al Jazeera Based on Local Hospitals. Several People Were Injured.