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Main events on September 9th

  • Israel launched air strikes on a residential area in the Qatari capital, Doha, targeting Hamas’s leadership.
  • Top Hamas leaders, who were meeting to discuss Trump’s ceasefire proposal, survived the attack, but six others, including a Qatari security officer, were killed.
  • Qatar decried the assault as “state terrorism”, promising to respond to the strikes, which it said “must not be overlooked”.
  • The US distanced itself from the attack, with Trump saying that the assassination attempt was not his decision, and adding that it “does not advance Israel or America’s goals”.
  • Countries across the world, including Arab states and some of Israel’s Western allies, condemned the strikes.
  • In Gaza, Israel pushed on with its brutal campaign of bombardment and displacement, killing at least 52 Palestinians.