Qatar receives solidarity, support from world leaders after dastardly Israeli attack
Qatar held funeral prayers on
Thursday for six people killed in an Israeli strike on the capital, an attack
that has drawn a wave of Arab and Muslim leaders to Doha in a show of
solidarity.
One coffin draped in a Qatari flag
and five others bearing Palestinian flags were carried into the Imam Muhammad
ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque. Among the dead were five Hamas members and Qatari
security officer Lance Corporal Badr Saad Mohammed al-Humaidi al-Dosari.
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad
Al Thani led the mourners, standing in the front row, a gesture seen as
underscoring the Gulf state’s high morale after the unprecedented attack.
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Israel claimed to target Hamas
officials in Doha on Tuesday as they discussed a Gaza ceasefire proposal,
killing six but failing to hit the group’s senior leadership. Hamas condemned
the strike as an attempt to derail negotiations, vowing it would not weaken
their resolve.
Arab leaders rushed to Doha
following the strike. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Pakistan’s Prime
Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty have all
visited. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was expected later on Thursday.
Egypt and the UAE condemned the attack and Israel’s subsequent threats against
Qatar.
Qatar announced it will host an
emergency Arab-Islamic summit on Sunday and Monday to coordinate a regional
response. The UN Security Council also convened an emergency session in New
York on Thursday to address the crisis.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has threatened Qatar against hosting Hamas leaders, threatening
further action. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry denounced the remarks as “shameful”
and a violation of sovereignty, while the UAE said any aggression against a GCC
state threatened Gulf security as a whole.
The attack marked Israel’s first
strike on Qatari soil, a nation that has played a central role in mediating
Gaza ceasefire talks.
Source: Aljazeera