Israeli army attacks Hamas leaders in Qatar

Israel claims that attack was ‘directed against high -ranking leaders of the terrorist organization’; Catari government considered bombing the group’s negotiation delegation as ‘coward’

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Smoke rising after the explosions in the capital of Doha by Israel’s air attacks

Israel attacked leaders of no This Tuesday (9), the Israeli Armed Forces and the Catari government said. “The Israeli Army and the Israeli Internal Safety Agency (SHIN) made a bombing directed against high -ranking leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas,” the Armed Forces said, without specifying where the attack occurred. An AFP journalist found that a Hamas complex in Qatar was attacked. The Government of Qatar claimed that the attack targeted Hamas’s homes residences and called him “coward.”

A Hamas Authority in Gaza said, on condition of anonymity, that Israel attacked the group’s negotiation delegation “while she discussed the president’s proposal [americano] Donald Trump for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. ”By justifying the attack, the Israeli army stated that” for years, these members of Hamas leadership have directed the operations of the terrorist organization, are directly responsible for the brutal massacre of October 7 and orchestrated and administered the war against the state of Israel. “

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the beginning of negotiations for the release of all hostages, a few days after Hamas approved a new ceasefire proposal presented by the mediators (Egypt, Qatar and the United States). According to Palestinian sources, the proposal provides for the gradual release of hostages during an initial 60 -day truce, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. At the same time, Netanyahu gave a green light to a new military offensive to take control of that considers one of the last strongholds of the terrorist group.

*With information from AFP

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