The ocher -colored two -storey villa is close to the beach in the elegant Qatara neighborhood of Doha. The powerful explosions caused by ten bombs released by Israeli hunting seemed an earthquake: the Bouganville flower beds, the palms all around were covered with debris, columns of dirty smoke have mixed with the hood of the 43 degrees of the capital.
The surprise attack, a “historical” raid because it is the first time that the IDF attacks Qatar, point out in Israel, has targeted the top of Hamas gathered in the building. Perhaps precisely to discuss the last American proposal of a global agreement of ceased the fire and release of the hostages. That leadership accused by IDF and Shin Bet of “having guided terrorist activities for years against Israel and directly responsible for the massacre of 7 October”.
There are six people killed in the attack, including the son of the negotiator leader and a Qatar security agent. The Islamist movement has made it known that three bodyguards, a collaborator and the son of Khalil Al-Hayya died in the bombing, but “the enemy was unable to assassinate our brothers in the negotiating delegation”.
The other victims were identified as Jihad Labad, director of the office of the leader of the Palestinian movement and the “companions” Abdullah Abdul Wahid, Moamen Hasuna and Ahmed al-Mamluk. The agent of the killed Qatar security forces was identified as Bader Saad Mohamed Al-Humaidi al-Dosari.
The goal was particularly complex: the meeting place for Hamas managers was not in an isolated area, but in a well -known residential neighborhood of Doha, where any mistake could have caused serious “collateral damage”. The hunting refueling in flight, before the Strike at 1,800 kilometers from the base.
That discreet construction was hosting, all together it seems, the objectives of Israel: Khalil Al-Hayya, Khaled Mashaal, Muhammad Darwish, Razi Hamad and Izzat Al-Rise. The Arab countries expressed hard condemnation, starting with Qatar: “The cowardly Israeli attack targeted a building where several members of the Hamas political office were located. It is a clear violation of international law “.
After the raid, Benyamin Netanyahu took on full responsibility for the operation, decided with Minister Israel Katz in response to Monday’s attack in Jerusalem. A high official of the White House referred to the Israeli media that the US administration has been informed of the “Fire Summit” operation (prepared in all details for over a year by the security agencies).
Immediately after, America warned the qatar of the imminent attack, revealed a high -level US source, a circumstance denied by Doha. A not new mode for the Arabic country, analysts point out: Qatarius have a history of agreements for raids on their territory. The most recent that of Iran to the largest US air base in the Middle East on its territory, notifying the United States in advance, after American planes had attacked the Fordow nuclear plant.
According to the commentators, Israel’s military action had two main objectives. The first, put “Khalil al-Hayya and Zaher Jabarin from the Hamas negotiating team” out of the game “, as they held an intransigent position during the negotiations. Then, perhaps, to bring up one of the latest military leaders who remained alive in Gaza, the commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who seemed “willing to compromise and pronted to accept the last American proposal”.
Qatar has postponed the negotiations on a date to be decided. Netanyahu said: “The war in Gaza can end immediately, because we have already acted”. The spokesman for the White House Karoline Leavitt made it known that the president called Netanyahu after the attack and “he told him that he wants peace and soon”, adding that Trump also telephoned the Qatar premier.
Then he stressed that “Donald Trump does not have a positive opinion of the attack on a USA ally such as Qatar, who is working on peace. But the goal of eliminating Hamas is right ». Hamas, in the first official statement after the bombing, said that “Israel’s attempt to kill the negotiating team failed: five members of the delegation were killed in the Raid”. The fate of group leadership in Doha is not yet officially known. Israeli security sources have expressed optimism. In the meantime, the feared order of general evacuation by the IDF, the feared order of general evacuation with the general evacuation with flyers on Tuesday morning early on Tuesday morning early on Tuesday morning. Cars, vans, carts and families on foot have marched south, starting yet another exodus. The army estimates that at least 300 thousand residents do not intend to abandon the city. A photo is continually relaunched on social media in Israel: Ismail Haniyeh (killed in Tehran) with the entire Hamas leadership while praying for the successful massacre of October 7, 2023.