Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani denounced the attack as \u201ccowardly and treacherous,\u201d revealing that Hamas leaders were reviewing a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal mediated by Qatar and Egypt when the strike occurred. Qatar\u2019s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani added that Israeli aggression would not derail Doha\u2019s mediation efforts alongside Washington and Cairo.<\/p>\n
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The strike has rattled U.S.-aligned Gulf states, further straining Israel\u2019s already fragile relations with the United Arab Emirates, which normalized ties in 2020.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Jerusalem alongside U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Netanyahu said Israel was still assessing the outcome of the Doha strike. Rubio, who will travel to Qatar next, urged Doha to continue playing a \u201cconstructive role\u201d in resolving the conflict, particularly in securing the release of the 48 hostages still held in Gaza.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy message is that they have to be very, very careful,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cThey have to do something about Hamas, but Qatar has been a great ally to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
Draft Resolution Warns of \u2018Collapse of Coexistence\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n An excerpt of the draft resolution circulated ahead of the summit accuses Israel of \u201cgenocide, ethnic cleansing, starvation, siege, colonization and expansionist policies,\u201d warning that such actions threaten \u201ceverything achieved on the path of normalization with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n Israel has faced mounting accusations of genocide in Gaza, including from the world\u2019s largest association of genocide scholars, amid a campaign that local authorities say has killed more than 64,000 Palestinians. Israel rejects the charge, citing its right to self-defense after the October 7 attacks, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures.<\/p>\n \n Gaza Assault Intensifies<\/strong><\/p>\n Even as diplomacy unfolded in Doha and Jerusalem, Israeli forces intensified their assault on Gaza City. Local health officials reported at least 16 Palestinians killed in strikes on two homes and a tent sheltering displaced families.<\/p>\n The Israeli military also demolished a 16-floor building\u2014thought to be the tallest in Gaza\u2014after warning residents to evacuate. The army claimed the high-rise concealed \u201cterrorist infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite growing international outrage over Gaza\u2019s soaring civilian death toll and worsening humanitarian crisis, Rubio voiced firm U.S. support for Israel, signaling Washington\u2019s continued alignment with Netanyahu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would continue pursuing Hamas leaders \u201cwherever they are,\u201d as Arab…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-future","category-world","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n