Israel has launched a deadly attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar, in an assault that threatens to plunge the region into a wider conflict.
Israel media, citing a senior Israeli official, said the attack was aimed at top Hamas leaders including Khalil al-Hayya, its Gaza chief.
Al-Jazeera reported that Hamas negotiators had been hit in Doha, quoting senior Hamas official. An AFP journalist said the explosions had rocked a Hamas compound.
Doha immediately condemned the ‘cowardly’ attack, described as a ‘flagrant violation to all international law’.
An Israeli official said the United States had been notified before the strike, according to Reuters.
Read our live blog below for coverage of the attack:
Israel carried out what it called a precise strike on Hamas‘ senior leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, with the Palestinian group claiming the IDF targeted negotiators.
Several blasts were heard in Doha, the Qatari capital, this afternoon as the IDF claimed responsibility for the unprecedented strikes.
The IDF said that it and the Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, had ‘conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership’ of Hamas.
‘Prior to the strike, measures were taken in order to mitigate har
m to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and additional intelligence,’ it said, vowing to ‘continue to operate … to defeat the Hamas terrorist organisation’.
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