Arab foreign ministers were expected to gather on Sunday in Qatar to formulate a united response to Israel’s brazen missile attack there last week that sought to assassinate senior leaders of Hamas.
The ministers, meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha, will lay the groundwork for an emergency summit there on Monday with the leaders of Arab and Islamic countries.
The Israeli strike on Tuesday targeted senior Hamas officials who had gathered in Doha to discuss a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal to stop the fighting in Gaza. It hit a residential neighborhood in broad daylight, killing several people affiliated with Hamas as well as a member of Qatar’s internal security forces. Hamas said it had failed to kill any of the targeted officials. Israel has not released its own assessment of whether the strike had achieved its intended consequences.
The attack on a U.S. ally that hosts a major American military installation in the Middle East drew sharp international condemnation. Even close allies of Israel have denounced it as a violation of the Qatar’s sovereignty.
Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, landed in Israel on Sunday amid signs that President Trump was growing frustrated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for prolonging the war in Gaza.
Mr. Rubio said he would discuss the Qatar attack with Mr. Netanyahu, who he is expected to meet on Monday. President Trump “didn’t like the way it went down,” Mr. Rubio told reporters before his departure on Saturday.
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