Hamas claims leaders survived Israeli attack in Doha, but confirms six deaths

The Palestinian Armed Group Hamas said that five of its members were killed in an Israeli air strike in the capital of Qatar, but claimed that the attempt to assassinate its negotiating team “failed.”

Hamas said that the negotiating team is meeting to discuss the last American suggestion of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in a residential complex in Doha when it was severely damaged by a series of explosions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike “has something justified” because it targeted the senior Hamas leaders who organized the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which sparked the Gaza war.

Qatar condemned the Israeli attack, describing it as a “coward” and “a flagrant violation of international law.”

The Ministry of the Interior in the Gulf state said that a member of the Interior Security Force was killed and injured, without mentioning any Hamas victims.

The White House said that US President Donald Trump believed the accident “unfortunate”, but eliminating Hamas was “a worthy goal.”

Qatar is a major American ally in the region that is a major American air base location.

The Hamas political office has hosted since 2012, and has served with the United States and Egypt as a mediator in indirect negotiations between the group and Israel.

Witnesses in Doha said they heard up to eight separate explosions on Tuesday afternoon, as smoke columns rise over the northern Katara region of the city.

The strike struck “residential buildings that include many members of the political bureau in Hamas,” according to the Qatari authorities.

Within minutes, Israel said it was behind the explosions.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the purchase of Shane’s internal security bet in a statement that they had “a precise blow targeting the High Command” in Hamas.

Later, Netanyahu and Defense Secretary Israel Katz said that on Monday, the Israeli security forces ordered preparation for a possible strike “after the deadly attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza” – referring to the killing of six Israeli soldiers in an attack on the army.

They added: “The Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense believed that this measure was completely justified given the fact that this Hamas leadership began and organized the October 7 massacre, and since then – it has not stopped launching deadly operations against the state of Israel and its citizens.”

The Israeli media reported that the operation included 15 Israeli combat aircraft, as it launches 10 ammunition to one goal within a few seconds.

An Israeli official was martyred as saying that the members of the targeted enthusiasm for those who are Khalil Al -Hayya, the chief negotiator and the exile leader of Gaza, and Zahr Gabarin, the leader of the West Bank exiled.

Hamas’s statement condemned the Israeli strike as a “heinous crime, a blatant aggression, and a flagrant violation of all international standards and laws.”

He said, “We confirm the enemy’s failure to assassinate our brothers in the negotiating delegation.”

The group appointed five members who said they were killed, including the son of Khalil Al -Hayya, Hammam, and Jihad Labad, director of the Haya office.

She said: “The targeting of the negotiating delegation, as they discussed the latest US President Donald Trump’s proposal, undoubtedly confirms that Netanyahu and his government do not want to reach any agreement and deliberately seek to thwart all opportunities and thwart international efforts.”

Hamas also said it had held the US administration “jointly responsible” for the attack because of its support for the Israeli army.

The White House said it was notified by the US military that Israel was attacking Hamas.

“The bombing unilaterally inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and a close ally of the United States working hard and brave risks with us to the mediator, does not provide the goals of Israel or America,” journalist Caroline Levitte, presser, told reporters. “However, the elimination of Hamas, who have benefited from the misery of those who live in Gaza, is a goal worth.”

She added, “President Trump immediately directed Steve Wittouf’s special envoy to inform the Qataris of the imminent attack, which he did.”

After that, Trump spoke to the Israeli Prime Minister, who told him that he “wanted to make peace quickly,” Levitte said.

The president also spoke to Amir and the Prime Minister of Qatar and “assured them that such a thing will not happen again on their soil.”

The Israeli Prime Minister’s office previously stressed that it was “a completely independent Israeli operation.” She said, “Israel began, Israel has rewarded it, and Israel will bear full responsibility,” she said.

The Qatar government’s reaction to the actions of Israel was saying: “This criminal attack constitutes a flagrant violation of all international laws and standards, and poses a serious threat to the security and safety of Qataris and residents in Qatar.”

Similar statements about anger came from all over the Arab world, as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gives birth to what it described as “brutal Israeli aggression.”

The United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Guterres also condemned the strike, saying that it was “a flagrant violation of the regional sovereignty and integrity of Qatar.”

He said that Qatar was “playing a very positive role in achieving a ceasefire and firing all hostages,” adding: “All parties must work to achieve a permanent ceasefire, and not to destroy it.”

French President Emmanuel Macron said the strike was “unacceptable regardless of the motivation”, while the UK Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer warned of the danger of “more escalation throughout the region” and called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the hostages.

Pope Liu fourteenth told reporters that “the entire situation is very dangerous.”

For the 48 hostages families, they are still detained in Gaza, and it is believed that 20 of them are alive, the news sparked a new wave of desperate anxiety.

Ainaf Zangoker, whose son, Matan, was among those in captivity, on X. “I am dealing with fear.”

“It might be in these particular moments, the Prime Minister has already been assassinated.

Israeli opposition leader Yire Lapid said he had shared families’ concerns.

“The members of Hamas deserve death, but at this point, the Israeli government needs to clarify how the Israeli defense measures will not kill the hostages, and whether the risks it is subject to hostage.”

On Monday, Katz has warned Hamas leaders who live abroad that they would “be informed” and the destruction of Gaza “if the group does not issue its hostages and put its arms.

His remarks came a day after Hamas said that his negotiating team was communicating with the mediators about the last American suggestion of the ceasefire and hostage.

Trump said at the time that Israel accepted his conditions, without giving any details, and gave Hamas what he called “the last warning” as well.

One of the Palestinian officials told the BBC that the American plan will witness the hostile hostages in the first 48 hours of the 60 -day truce in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and good negotiations at all.

Speaking to an audience at the American embassy in Jerusalem on Tuesday night, Netanyahu said that Israel’s work in Qatar could “open the door until the end of the war.”

He stressed that Israel accepted the United States plan and urged the people of Gaza to follow its example, saying: “Defend your rights and your future. Make peace with us.”

Israel has killed many senior Hamas leaders over the past 23 months.

The leader of the political group, Ismail Hani, was killed by an explosion in a guesthouse during a visit to Iran in July 2024.

Yahya Sinwar, who led to the October 7 attack and behind Hani, was killed by Israeli forces in southern Gaza in October 2024.

The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas -led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others took hostage.

At least 64,605 ​​people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in the region.