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LIVE: Israel targets Hamas leadership in attack on Qatar’s Doha
Israeli strikes in Doha
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Al Jazeera Live
By Federica Marsi, Brian Osgood and Ali Harb
Published On 9 Sep 2025
9 Sep 2025
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The Israeli army says it has carried out an assassination attempt on top Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital, Doha, where multiple explosions have been heard.
A Hamas source tells Al Jazeera the attack happened as a negotiating team was discussing a Gaza ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States.
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56s ago (16:30 GMT)
Israeli captive’s mother: ‘Netanyahu may have assassinated my son’ with attack
Einav Zangauker, mother of Matan Zangauker, currently held captive in Gaza, says that she is “trembling with fear” in the wake of Israel’s attack on the Hamas negotiating team in Doha.
“Why does Netanyahu insist on sabotaging every opportunity to reach a deal?… My son’s life has been in real danger for 22 months… The prime minister is obstructing the deal again, and no deal is on the table,” she said in a video message posted on social media.
“I am fed up. The people of Israel are fed up with this war.”
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4m ago (16:26 GMT)
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Khalil al-Hayya survived, but his son and aide were killed: Hamas official
We have more lines from Al Jazeera’s interview with Suhail al-Hindi, the member of Hamas’s political bureau.
Al-Hindi said the attempt to kill al-Hayya and other Hamas leaders who were meeting to discuss Trump’s ceasefire proposal has failed.
But the attack killed al-Hayya’s son, Humam, and one of his top aides. Contact has also been lost with three other bodyguards, al-Hindi said.
But he stressed that the loss of any lives is tragic.
“The blood of the leadership of the movement is like the blood of any Palestinian child,” he told Al Jazeera.
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5m ago (16:25 GMT)
Gaza death toll since dawn climbs to 39
At least 39 people have been killed since dawn today, and more than 20 are missing following Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.
Among them are seven Palestinians waiting to receive humanitarian aid.
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10m ago (16:20 GMT)
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Hamas leadership survived Israel’s attack in Doha, official says
Suhail al-Hindi, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, confirms that the group’s leadership that was targeted in Doha has survived the attack.
Al-Hindi told Al Jazeera repeatedly that the group’s leaders are okay.
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13m ago (16:17 GMT)
WATCH: Al Jazeera reports from near the scene of Israeli attack on Qatar
Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford has reported close to where an Israeli strike targeted Hamas leaders in a residential area of Doha.
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15m ago (16:15 GMT)
Israeli parliament speaker: ‘This is a message for the entire Middle East’
In a social media post, Amir Ohana, speaker of the Israeli Knesset, has shared a video of the Israeli strikes on Doha with a caption in Arabic that reads: “This is a message for the entire Middle East.”
Critics have been accusing Israel of operating as a rogue state, waging aggressions well-beyond its borders in violation of international law.
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15m ago (16:15 GMT)
GCC stands in ‘full solidarity’ with Qatar against ‘despicable, cowardly’ Israeli attack
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has expressed support for Qatar and condemned Israel’s attack in Doha, calling on the international community to hold Israel accountable for violations of international law.
“His Excellency Jassim Mohammed Al-Budaiwi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), condemned in the strongest terms the despicable and cowardly operation carried out by the Israeli occupation forces on the territory of the sisterly State of Qatar,” a statement from the group reads.
GCC countries “stand in full solidarity with the sisterly State of Qatar and stand with it in any action it takes against this treacherous aggression, which has violated and torn apart all international laws and treaties adopted by the countries of the world”, it adds.
“This requires the international community to immediately rise up and fulfill its duties to hold the Israeli occupation forces accountable for their brutal and serious crimes and to deter them from all their practices that have begun to destabilize and undermine security in the region.”
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20m ago (16:10 GMT)
‘Many feel terrorised’: Panic in Doha after Israeli strikes
William Lafi Youmans, a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, says many Doha residents feel “terrorised” after the Israeli strikes.
“I was driving home after work and saw smoke rising from near the road. Police cars and fire trucks zipped past. I assumed it was a fire but then saw frantic messages and got calls about there being an Israeli attack. When I got home, my family told me they heard the loud explosions. Only then did I feel the fear,” Youmans, who is Palestinian American, told Al Jazeera.
“Friends close to the strike zone said their building shook and they ran out to find out what happened. A student emailed me about their home being next to the strike site. There has been tension in the air and many feel terrorised.”
Youmans added that his thoughts went to Palestinians suffering under much heavier bombardment in Gaza.
“I’m struck by how much these strikes have sent everyone into a panic, and yet it’s only minuscule compared to what Palestinians in Gaza have suffered every hour for two years,” he said.
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