Israel’s deadly attack on Hamas in Qatar draws global condemnation
- Israel has attacked Hamas’s leadership in the Qatari capital, Doha, drawing widespread global condemnation.
- Hamas says five of its members were killed in the attack, including the son of senior leader Khalil al-Hayya. A member of Qatar’s security forces was also killed.
- Qatar has condemned the “cowardly” attack and says there was no warning of the strike from the US.
- France has called the attack “unacceptable”, while the UK said it violated Qatar’s sovereignty, and Saudi Arabia denounced it as “a brutal Israeli aggression”.
Death toll from Israel’s attacks on Gaza rises to 14
We are getting reports that Israeli attacks have killed six more people in northern Gaza, taking the toll since this morning to 14.
Two of the latest victims were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza port area and four of them died in a bombing on the tent near the Finance Roundabout in Gaza City.
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Drop Site News cofounder Jeremy Scahill, who has been closely covering the Gaza ceasefire process, has told AJ+ that Israel’s air strike on Doha shows it “isn’t interested in a negotiated end to the genocide”.
At least 7 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
The Wafa news agency says there have been a number of deadly Israeli attacks across Gaza since the early hours of the morning.
In northern Gaza City, an Israeli drone bombed a tent housing displaced people in Nassr, killing at least five people and wounding several others.
Israeli forces also launched a drone attack on a tent near al-Ahli Hospital, killing at least one person and wounding more.
In central Deir el-Balah, Israeli forces bombed another tent, killing a child and wounding others.
The killings take the death toll from this morning to eight. Earlier, we reported that another person was killed when Israeli forces bombed the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Nothing to condemn.
ReplyDeleteHamas is an existential danger to Israel. Hamas leadership is fair game, wherever they are.
It is a No Holds Barred conflict....its not like Hamas has held back on any attacks against Israel.