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Israel Attacks Hamas Leadership in Qatar

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025.

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar’s capital Doha on September 9, 2025. Jacqueline Penney/AFP hide caption

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For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says the targets were complicit in planning the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and in directing Hamas movements in the war in Gaza. We get reaction from the U.S. and the Mideast region and ask what this development might mean in the effort towards a Gaza cease-fire.

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Israel Attacks Hamas Leadership in Qatar

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025. Jacqueline Penney/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jacqueline Penney/AFP For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says