Qatar’s prime minister, Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, has affirmed tonight that in the midst of negotiations in Doha “not only violates international laws, but all morals” and warned that his country reserves the right to respond firmly to this “flagrant aggression.”
“We are a mediating state in formal negotiations (…) We are hosts of a delegation of a state that sends missiles against another delegation from another state with which they are supposedly negotiating, how this can be morally acceptable,” said Prime Minister Al thani during a press conference.
The president also warned that “the state of Qatar will not tolerate any violation of his sovereignty and reserves the right to respond firmly to this flagrant aggression” or in the face of any threat to “regional security or stability.”
Around 16.00 local time (one hour less in Madrid), several explosions were heard in the capital of the Gulf country and a column of smoke rose over the city. Shortly after, the local government confirmed that Israel had attacked a meeting of “several members of the political bureau” of, without identifying them, in a residential building.
The Islamic resistance movement later said, through a statement, that five of its members died in the Israeli attack in Doha, although none of them were part of its negotiating delegation. A member of the Catarís Security Forces, Bader Saad Mohamed al Humaidi al Dandari also died, according to the Aarí Ministry of Interior, while “several” cataract security troops were injured.
“This can only be a threat,” said Prime Minister and then added: “The way we are treated, where it comes from, it is not a surprise.”
The prime minister also denied that the US had informed his country of the attack before it happened, although he was informed of it by the government of, and assured that US officials notified Qatar ten minutes later, while the weapons used were not detected by the Qatari air defense radar.
“It is a systematic behavior, which although they ensure that they intend to stabilize the region, do the opposite, destabilize, to achieve their own objectives. Despite this and that Israel was going to send a delegation, they have worked to leave without the possibility of reaching any agreement,” he said.
“It is a systematic behavior, which although it ensures that it intends to stabilize the region, does the opposite, destabilize, to achieve their own objectives (…). They have worked to leave without the possibility of reaching any agreement”
For Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the message that is clear is “who is closing the door to peace”, the international community must understand “who is the bully In the region. “Al Thani said the negotiations were” on the way “in recent days of negotiation, reviewing the proposal delivered by the United States.
Previously, the spokesman for the Catarí Foreign Ministry, Majed al Ansari, had also denied that the United States had informed his country of the Israeli attack and said that an American official called “while the explosions sounded.”
Among those killed in the attack are Hamam Khalil al Hayya, Khalil’s son to Hayya (who directs the negotiating delegation of Hamas), and Yihad Labad, the director of the office of the head of the Palestinian movement negotiator. In addition, three “companions” lost their lives: Abdulá Abdul Wahid, Moamen Hasuna and Ahmed to Mamluk.
The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, confirmed that the objective of the attack against Hamas leaders in Qatar was Khalil Al Hayya. Hamas sources told Efe that the members of the negotiating delegation, including Khalil Al Hayya, survived the Israeli bombing, which occurred when they were gathered to discuss the American proposal of Alto El Fuego in the Gaza Strip, a information also signed by the middle.
The United Nations Security Council has announced that it will meet this emergency Wednesday to address the situation in, after the attack of Tel Aviv. The members of the Council will keep on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. (local time in New York, 21.00 Spanish peninsular time) a meeting that has been requested by the governments of Algeria and Pakistan and Somalia, whose foreign ministry has urged the agency on Tuesday that “assumes its responsibilities and adopts immediate measures to end these repeated hostile acts and guarantee the protection of civilians.”
Trump no applaud to Israel
In addition, the president of the United States, said this morning that he is not “very happy” after Israel’s aggression to Qatar, who is one of his largest defensive partners, was even one of the countries he visited at his first departure as president, this year. “I am not very happy with all this situation. It is not a good situation. We want the hostages to return, but we are not very happy with the way everything developed,” he said in statements to the press from Washington.
The Republican has pointed out that “he never (he) surprises anything, especially when it comes to the Middle East” and has announced that he will offer this today a “complete” statement about what happened. The White House has lamented hours before the Israeli attack in Qatar that “does not contribute to the objectives of Israel or the United States”, although it has considered that attacking the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) “is a respectable objective.”
The US government has assured that it notified the Qatari authorities of the Israeli plan, an extreme denied by Doha. Subsequently, Trump has published in his profile of the social network Truth Social
Trump – which has remarked that it is a decision of Netanyahu and not his, and that he wants him to “the end of the war now” – he added that he has ordered the Secretary of State, Rubio, who finalizes the Cooperation Agreement on Defense Defense with Qatar.
