How Qatar Is Responding to Israel’s Sept. 9 Attack

Spokesperson: Doha strikes “a paradigm shift for the whole region.”

This frame grab taken from AFPTV footage shows smoke billowing in Qatar’s capital, Doha, after explosions from an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 9. September 22, 2025, 3:58 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

On Sept. 9, Israel’s air force bombed a residential neighborhood in Doha, Qatar, to take out Hamas’s senior political leadership. According to Hamas, five members were killed, but not its primary leaders. Doha, a key U.S. ally, strongly condemned the attack. Even U.S. President Donald Trump lamented the strike on Truth Social: “I view Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the U.S., and feel very badly about the location of the attack.”

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