Qatar says Israel tried to derail Gaza’s talks with a strike to Hamas negotiators

Qatar’s Emir said on Monday that Israel tried to derail Gaza’s talks, hitting Hamas negotiators in his country last week and that his prime minister had dreamed of an Arab world under Israeli influence.

“Anyone who works diligently and systematically to assassinate the party with which he is negotiating intends to overthrow the negotiations … The negotiations, for them, are just part of the war,” Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani told Arabic and Muslim leaders.

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He also said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “dreams of turning the Arab region into an Israeli sphere of influence and this is a dangerous illusion.”

This Picture brochure released by Qatar news agency (QNA) shows that Qatar’s deputy prime minister and defense minister for Sheikh Saud Bin Abdulrahman al-Tani (2nd R) received by Turkish President Recep Erdogan (L. Fidan (r) with Arrival in Doha before the Arabic Summ. 2025.photo: AFP

Israel’s vows of further strikes to Hamas leaders

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not rule out further strikes to Hamas’ leaders “wherever they are”, as heads of the Arab and Islamic states held a summit to show support in Qatar after Israel’s attack on the State.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not rule out further strikes to Hamas’ leaders “wherever they are”, as heads of the Arab and Islamic states held a summit to show support in Qatar after Israel’s attack on the State.

The September 9 strike aimed at Hamas leaders in Doha marked a significant escalation of Israeli military action in an area shaken by the conflict by the attacks of 7 October 2023.

Israel’s actions that block peace

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said on Monday that Israel’s current actions prevent any chances of new peace conditions in the Middle East.

In the observations addressed to Israel during the Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, he said: “What is now happening is blocking the future of peace. Threatening the security and security of peoples in the region and adds obstacles to the possibility of any new peace agreements and even cancels existing ones.”