Several blasts were heard in Qatar's Doha on Tuesday, Reuters witnesses said.
Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Several blasts were heard in Qatar's Doha on Tuesday, Reuters witnesses said.
Axios reporter Barak Ravid citing Israeli officials said the explosion in Doha is an assassination attempt against Hamas officials.
Smoke was seen rising over the Katara District in the capital, an eyewitness said.
In a statement, the IDF and Shin Bet announce targeting Hamas’s leadership in a strike carried out by the Israeli Air Force.
The statement does not explicitly mention Qatar, but comes following reports of large explosions in Doha, where Hamas’s top leadership resides.
“The members of the leadership who were struck led the terror organization’s activities for years, and are directly responsible for carrying out the October 7 massacre and waging the war against the State of Israel,” the statement says.
The military says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, including by using precision munitions and other intelligence.
Reporting by Andrew Mills and Jana Choukeir
Turkey condemned Israel's attack against Hamas members in Qatar's capital Doha, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, adding that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed to deepen conflict and instability in the region.
Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official targeted by Israel in Qatar on Tuesday, has become an increasingly central figure in the leadership of the Palestinian militant group since both Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar were killed last year.
Israel launched an attack on the leadership of Hamas in Qatar on Tuesday, where the Palestinian Islamist group has long had its political base.
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