{"id":213381,"date":"2025-09-09T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/213381\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:37:10","slug":"live-updates-israel-says-it-targeted-hamas-leadership-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/213381\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Israel says it targeted Hamas leadership in Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas\u2019 leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as they considered a U.S. proposal for <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip<\/a>. The strike on the territory of a U.S. ally marked a stunning escalation and risked upending talks aimed at <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-09-08-2025-e91a0c8d415b489d5a8da42501cfc366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winding down the war<\/a> and freeing hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar, an energy-rich U.S. ally hosting thousands of American troops, has served as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas for several years, even before the war.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar\u2019s Interior Ministry said Tuesday one of its security personnel was killed in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The future of <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-offensive-gaza-city-ceasefire-2521a7370ab1cd32cbf28943cc8d542e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the long-stalled ceasefire talks<\/a> was more uncertain, as Israel gears up for <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-gaza-offensive-netanyahu-explainer-614c49ba068155488e67731fdabafce4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a major offensive aimed at taking over Gaza City<\/a>. That escalation has been met with heavy international condemnation and opposition within Israel from those who fear it will doom the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<p><b>What to know: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" id=\"rte-dd1859a0-8d86-11f0-8168-1d8c1b111b53\">\n<li><b>The son of Hamas\u2019 leader in Gaza killed in strike:<\/b> The son of Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas\u2019 leader for Gaza and top negotiator, was killed along with the head of al-Hayya\u2019s office, said Suheil al-Hindi, a member of Hamas\u2019 political bureau, speaking to Al-Jazeera. A member of Qatar\u2019s Internal Security Force was killed and others were wounded, Qatar\u2019s Interior Ministry said.<\/li>\n<li><b>US had some forewarning about the strike: <\/b>That\u2019s according to an Israeli official and another person familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The U.S. military <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/qatar-explosion-doha-e319dd51b170161372442831a8023db5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not participate in the strikes that took place in Doha<\/a>, according to a U.S. official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/li>\n<li><b>Qatar responds:<\/b> Qatar <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/qatar-explosion-doha-e319dd51b170161372442831a8023db5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned what it referred to as a \u201ccowardly Israeli attack\u201d<\/a> on Hamas\u2019 political headquarters in Doha. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari called it a \u201cflagrant violation of all international laws and norms.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas\u2019 leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as they considered a U.S. proposal for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":213382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[99,373,3463,50,116725],"class_list":{"0":"post-213381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-israel","9":"tag-israel-hamas-war","10":"tag-mideast-wars","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-qatar-government"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}