Qatar submitted a message to the United Nations and the Security Council on Wednesday over the attack.
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday over Israel’s shocking attack on the Qatari capital, Doha.
The meeting will convene at the request of Algeria and Pakistan, both of which strongly condemned the Israeli attack and expressed their solidarity with Qatar.
On Tuesday, Israel struck a residential building housing Hamas members as they were discussing the latest proposal presented by U.S. President Donald Trump over a Gaza truce.
The attack killed five lower-ranked members, including Humam, the son of chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya. Israel also killed Corporal Bader Al-Humaidi Al-Dosari, a member of Qatar’s Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), during the attack.
Reports pointed to Trump granting Israel the green light to carry out the attack, although the U.S. president said he was “not thrilled” about the move. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said Israel had “independently” carried out the attack.
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, slammed Netanyahu’s actions and described the attack as “state terrorism” against his country.
“The Israeli attack that took place today on Qatari soil can only be described as state terrorism practised by someone like Netanyahu,” Sheikh Mohammed told reporters at the Diwan Annexe in Msheireb during the first press conference since the attack.
Sheikh Mohammed said the assault sent a message “that there is a rogue actor in this region, engaging in ongoing political chaos and violating the sovereignty of nations”.
“Netanyahu himself has declared that he will reshape the Middle East. Is this message also implying that he will reshape the Gulf?” he asked.
On Wednesday, Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sheikha Alya Al Thani, submitted a message to the United Nations and the Security Council regarding the attack.
The message expressed the Gulf state’s strongest condemnation of Israel’s “criminal assault” while stressing “that it will not tolerate such reckless Israeli behaviour and continued tampering with regional security, or any action targeting its security and sovereignty”.
Israel has repeatedly attempted to obstruct all efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip under its insistence on continuing the genocide and occupying the territory.
Mediation attempts have been stalled on numerous occasions due to escalatory measures carried out by Israel, including the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh last year. Netanyahu’s move came despite domestic pressure to agree to a deal that would result in the release of Israeli captives.
Qatar’s efforts, along with the U.S. and Egypt, resulted in a ceasefire deal in January, which Israel broke on March 18.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 64,656 people, mainly women and children, in the Gaza Strip, with thousands still trapped under the rubble.
