{"id":228976,"date":"2025-09-15T15:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/228976\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:01:17","slug":"qatar-hosts-summit-over-israeli-attack-on-hamas-in-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/228976\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar hosts summit over Israeli attack on Hamas in Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Qatar hosted a summit of leaders of Arab and Islamic nations Monday in the hopes of presenting a united response to Israel\u2019s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha<\/a> last week. But the group has few ways to restrain Israel as its war in the Gaza Strip grinds on.<\/p>\n

Israel launched its invasion of Gaza<\/a> in response to Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, attack, and since then it has also retaliated against the militant group and other members of Iran\u2019s so-called Axis of Resistance elsewhere, including in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and now Qatar. That\u2019s led to wider anger among Mideast nations already enraged by the over 64,000 Palestinians killed during the war in Gaza \u2014 and a growing concern that the U.S. commitment to protect Gulf Arab states may not be strong enough<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, it remains unclear just what the summit will be able to achieve. Significant tensions among the nations meeting could blunt cooperation \u2014 and they also have few levers they can pull. Condemnations from countries that Israel considers enemies, like Iran, will mean little. Meanwhile, the nations attending that have diplomatic recognition deals with Israel may be reluctant to sever ties. <\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering the deep tensions between the Gulf states and other regional actors, assembling the summit in less than a week, especially given its scale, is a notable achievement that underscores a shared sense of urgency in the region,\u201d the New York-based Soufan Center said. \u201cThe key question is whether … (the summit will) signal a shift toward more consequential measures against Israel, including diplomatic downgrades, targeted economic actions and restrictions on airspace and access.\u201d<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s ruler offers fiery speech<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s ruling emir opened the summit by accusing Israel of not caring about its hostages held in Gaza and instead only working to \u201densure Gaza is no longer livable.\u201d Israel has said the goals of its war include bringing all the hostages back and defeating Hamas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Israel wishes to assassinate the Hamas leaders, why then engage in negotiations?\u201d Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani asked. \u201cIf you wish to insist on the liberation of hostages, why then do they assassinate all negotiators?\u201d<\/p>\n

The speech was unusually fiery for the 45-year-old ruler of Qatar, which has served as key mediator in an effort to reach a ceasefire in the war. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no room to deal with such a party that\u2019s cowardly and treacherous,\u201d he added. \u201cThose who work consistently to assassinate the party in these negotiations will certainly do everything to ensure the failure of these negotiations. When they claim that they seek the liberation of hostages, that\u2019s a mere lie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheikh Tamim also denounced Israel over what he called the \u201cgenocide\u201d it is committing in Gaza. Israel vehemently denies it is committing genocide. It says Hamas is prolonging the war<\/a> by not surrendering and releasing the hostages.<\/p>\n

A variety of regional leaders attended the summit, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Syria\u2019s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa.<\/p>\n

Iran, which hit a base in Qatar in June, is attending the summit<\/p>\n

After the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June, Iran struck Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar<\/a>, a major hub for American forces \u2014 a move that angered Qatar. Nevertheless, Iran sent President Masoud Pezeshkian to attend Monday\u2019s meeting. Before leaving Tehran, Pezeshkian noted the wide breadth of nations Israel has attacked since Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis regime has attacked many Islamic countries,\u201d he said. \u201cIt does whatever it wants, and unfortunately, the United States and European countries also support these actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Writing on the social platform X, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi added: \u201cIran stands with Qatar and indeed all Muslim brothers and sisters, particularly against the scourge that is terrorizing the region.\u201d <\/p>\n

Araghchi and Pezeshkian did not mention Iran\u2019s attack on Qatar and received an honor guard welcome when landing in Doha.<\/p>\n

Qatar has been key in Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks<\/p>\n

Qatar, an energy-rich nation on the Arabian Peninsula that hosted the 2022 World Cup<\/a>, long has served as an intermediary in conflicts. For years, it has hosted Hamas\u2019 political leadership at the request of the U.S., providing a channel for Israel to negotiate with the militant group that has controlled Gaza for years.<\/p>\n

But as the Israel-Hamas war has raged on, Qatar increasingly has been criticized by hard-liners within Netanyahu\u2019s government. Netanyahu himself has vowed to strike all those who organized the Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023. And since last week\u2019s strike, the Israeli leader has doubled down on saying Qatar remains a possible target if Hamas leaders are there.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump offered renewed support for Qatar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re with them. You know, they\u2019ve been a great ally,\u201d Trump said. \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t understand about Qatar. Qatar has been a great ally, and they also lead a very difficult life because they\u2019re right in the middle of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Israel<\/a> on Monday for meetings with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials to express America\u2019s concern over the attack on Qatar and talk about Israel\u2019s planned new offensive on Gaza City. <\/p>\n

Rubio declined to address Israel\u2019s strike while speaking to journalists in Jerusalem, but said that America wanted to work with all its partners in the region on stopping Hamas and reaching a ceasefire in the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to encourage Qatar to play a constructive role in that regard,\u201d Rubio said. <\/p>\n

Netanyahu again added that Israel\u2019s decision to attack Qatar \u201cwas a wholly independent decision by us.\u201d <\/p>\n

Netanyahu faces increasing pressure from the Israeli public to end the war and bring home the 48 hostages still held in Gaza<\/a>, whom 20 are believed by Israel to still be alive. <\/p>\n

The Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and led to the abduction of 251.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s ensuing offensives in Gaza have killed more than 64,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were civilians or combatants. It says around half of those killed were women and children.<\/p>\n

The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals. The U.N. and independent experts view its figures as the most reliable estimate of war casualties. Israel disputes them but has not provided its own.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

This story has been corrected to remove an extra \u201cis\u201d in the quote from Qatar\u2019s ruling emir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Qatar hosted a summit of leaders of Arab and Islamic nations Monday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":228977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[97,3489,33566,3881,69,57,4527,15127,556,99,3462,410,14241,3463,108029,116726,50,80,6673,116725,32307,119703,96,103,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-228976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-2024-2025-mideast-wars","9":"tag-abbas-araghchi","10":"tag-abdel-fattah-el-sissi","11":"tag-ap-top-news","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-hamas","15":"tag-hostage-situations","16":"tag-islam","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-israel-government","19":"tag-marco-rubio","20":"tag-masoud-pezeshkian","21":"tag-mideast-wars","22":"tag-military-occupations","23":"tag-mohammad-bin-salman-bin-abdulaziz-al-saud","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-politics","26":"tag-qatar","27":"tag-qatar-government","28":"tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","29":"tag-tamim-bin-hamad-al-thani","30":"tag-war-and-unrest","31":"tag-world","32":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115208918405392337","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228976","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=228976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}