Israel targets top Hamas officials in Qatar strike

Israel connected Tuesday carried retired an onslaught connected elder Hamas officials successful Qatar's superior metropolis of Doha.

The Israel Defense Forces announced the "precise strike" successful a societal media post, accusing the targeted leaders of being "directly responsible" for the massacre of Israelis by Hamas connected Oct. 7, 2023.

The IDF's station did not place the determination of the strike. But Majed al Ansari, the spokesperson for Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, condemned "the cowardly Israeli onslaught that targeted residential office lodging respective members of the governmental bureau of the question successful the Qatari capital, Doha."

"This transgression battle constitutes a flagrant usurpation of each planetary laws and norms, and a superior menace to the information and information of Qataris and residents successful Qatar," the spokesperson said successful a translated X post.

A starring Hamas root told Al Jazeera, the Qatari media network, that the onslaught targeted the group's negotiating delegation, NBC News reported.

The delegation was attacked during a gathering to sermon President Donald Trump's connection for a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, according to NBC.

The U.S. Embassy successful Doha issued a shelter-in-place bid astatine its facilities successful effect to reports of the strike.