The New York City Police Department is tracking the situation in Qatar, deploying additional resources to certain areas after Israel targeted Hamas leaders in Doha.
While there is no specific threat, the NYPD posted to X, saying they are doing it “out of an abundance of caution.”
“We’re deploying additional resources to religious, cultural, and diplomatic sites across NYC and coordinating with our federal partners. We’ll continue to monitor for any potential impact to NYC.”
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the NYPD has increased police presence across bridges and through tunnels.
Tisch said that the increased police presence is common for this time of year, as it is around the time of the 9/11 anniversary.
All of this comes after Israel conducted a precise strike in Doha on Tuesday, “targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization,” according to Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Qatar, which has been a key mediator in ceasefire talks, condemned the attack, calling it “cowardly” and affirming that “it will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior and the continuous tampering with the region’s security, nor any action targeting its security and sovereignty.”
Hamas said in a statement obtained by CNN that the strike in Doha killed five of its members but did not assassinate the negotiating delegation.
“We affirm the enemy’s failure to assassinate the brothers in the negotiating delegation,” the group said.
Hamas accused Israel of not taking ceasefire negotiations seriously and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to reach an agreement.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the attack “unfortunate,” adding that “unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard in bravely taking risks with us to broker peace, does not advance Israel or America’s goals.”
Leavitt said Trump spoke to Netanyahu after the attack and “made his thoughts and concerns very clear.”
The Trump administration was reportedly notified ahead of the Israeli strike.
Shortly after the attack, Netanyahu said it was a “wholly independent Israeli operation.”
“Israel initiated it, Israel conducted it, and Israel takes full responsibility,” the prime minister explained.
Defense Minister Israel Katz and Netanyahu said in a joint announcement that Israel decided to exploit an “opportunity” to target Hamas after the mass shooting in Jerusalem.