{"id":53084,"date":"2025-09-09T14:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/53084\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:23:07","slug":"blasts-heard-in-qatars-doha-israel-says-precise-strike-targets-hamas-leaders-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/53084\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasts heard in Qatar\u2019s Doha, Israel says \u2018precise strike\u2019 targets Hamas leaders \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Israel has launched an attack on the leadership of Hamas in Qatar, expanding its military actions that have ranged across the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state where the Palestinian Islamist group has long had its political base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said it conducted a \u201cprecise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization\u201d who are \u201cdirectly responsible for the brutal October 7 massacre\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cPrior to the strike, measures were taken in order to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and additional intelligence,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Qatar\u2019s Al Jazeera television, citing a Hamas source, said the attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/israel-hamas-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/israel-hamas-conflict\">targeted<\/a> Hamas Gaza ceasefire negotiators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Several blasts were heard in Qatar\u2019s Doha on Tuesday, according to Reuters witnesses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Plumes of black smoke were billowing from the city\u2019s Legtifya petrol station. Right next door to the petrol station is a small residential compound that has been guarded by Qatar\u2019s emiri guard 24 hours a day since the beginning of the Gaza conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Qatar, which has been mediating between Hamas and Israel, condemned the attack as \u201ccowardly\u201d and called it a flagrant violation of international law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A spokesperson for Iran\u2019s foreign ministry described Israel\u2019s attack as \u201cdangerous\u201d and a \u201cviolation to international law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The United States embassy in Doha has issued a \u201cshelter-in-place\u201d order for American citizens, noting \u201creports of missile strikes occurring in Doha\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">An Israeli official has said the US was notified before Hamas leaders were struck. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Israel media, citing a senior Israeli official, said the attack was aimed at top Hamas leaders including Khalil al-Hayya, its exiled Gaza chief and top negotiator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The office of Israel\u2019s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, said the action against the \u201ctop terrorist chieftains of Hamas\u201d was a \u201cwholly independent Israeli operation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIsrael initiated it, Israel conducted it, and Israel takes full responsibility,\u201d his office said. \u2014Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel has launched an attack on the leadership of Hamas in Qatar, expanding its military actions that have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,13,14,69,6,6220,3857,11,12,15,16,5,2120,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-53084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-featured-news","11":"tag-featurednews","12":"tag-hamas","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-israel-defence-forces","15":"tag-israel-hamas-conflict","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-qatar","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories","24":"tag-world","25":"tag-world-news","26":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}