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09/09/2025September 9, 2025
US embassy in Doha issues shelter-in-place order
The United States embassy in Qatar has issued a shelter-in-place order following Israel’s strikes against Hamas negotiators in Doha.
“We have seen reports of missile strikes occurring in Doha,” the embassy said in a post on X.
It advised US citizens to take shelter and monitor the embassy’s social media for updates on the situation.
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Skip next section Israel reportedly targeted Hamas Gaza ceasefire negotiators
09/09/2025September 9, 2025
Israel reportedly targeted Hamas Gaza ceasefire negotiators
Israel’s attack on the Qatari capital Doha targeted Hamas negotiators involved in ceasefire talks in Gaza, the Gulf state’s broadcaster Al Jazeera said, citing a Hamas source.
The Palestinian militant group’s political leadership has been based in Doha for years.
Media in Israel cited a senior Israeli official as saying the attack was aimed at Hamas leaders including Khalil al-Hayya, its Gaza chief and top negotiator who lived in exile in Qatar.
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Skip next section Qatar slams ‘cowardly’ Israeli strikes on Doha
09/09/2025September 9, 2025
Qatar slams ‘cowardly’ Israeli strikes on Doha
Qatar has condemned a “cowardly Israeli attack” on the headquarters of Palestinian militant group Hamas in Doha.
The Gulf nation added that the attack is a “blatant violation” of international law.
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Skip next section Israel claims attack on Hamas officials as blasts heard in Doha
09/09/2025September 9, 2025
Israel claims attack on Hamas officials as blasts heard in Doha
Explosions have been heard and smoke was seen rising in the Qatari capital Doha.
Israel’s military, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), says it conducted strikes targeting the “top leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization,” the IDF said.
News agencies Reuters and the Associated Press said Israeli officials had confirmed that the strikes had targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar.
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Skip next section Israeli defense minister orders demolition of homes in West Bank
09/09/2025September 9, 2025
Israeli defense minister orders demolition of homes in West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the demolition of homes in the hometowns of
He also called for the revocation of work permits for hundreds of people from the villages and the suspected attackers’ relatives.
The gunmen, thought to be from the towns of Qatanna and Qubeiba north of Jerusalem in the , opened fire at a bus stop outside Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people. The gunmen were killed at the scene of the attack.
Katz said the “civil sanctions” include the demolition of structures in the town built without permits and the revocation of work permits for 750 people.
Israel has argued that demolishing the homes of relatives of attackers and their fellow villagers
Palestinians and human rights groups consider the practice a form of collective punishment, prohibited by international law.
‘Cease committing war crimes,’ Israeli rights group says
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel called on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to instruct the Israeli military and the Defense Ministry not to impose collective punishment on the suspected gunmen’s relatives and neighbors.
“Collective punishment is prohibited under both Israeli law and international humanitarian law. Such actions are war crimes,” the rights group told the attorney general, according to reporting from the Times of Israel. “We ask you to instruct the Defense Ministry and the army to immediately cease committing war crimes.”
The Yesh Din civil rights organization sent similar letters to the attorney general and military leaders on Monday after media reports of planned punitive actions by the Israeli military.
“International humanitarian law absolutely prohibits collective punishment without exception,” the organization said.
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Skip next section Israel’s orders to evacuate Gaza City cause chaos
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Israel’s orders to evacuate Gaza City cause chaos
The Israeli military on Tuesday ordered residents in City to leave immediately as it intensified its deadly attack in the Strip.
It said it would act with “great force” in Gaza City if did not free the last hostages it holds.
“To all residents of Gaza City … the defense forces are determined to defeat Hamas and will act with great force in the Gaza City area,” the military’s Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said in a post on X.
“I say to the residents of Gaza, take this opportunity and listen to me carefully: You have been warned — get out of there!” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The orders by the Israeli military to leave the Palestinian territories’ largest urban center have caused panic as the 1 million residents have nowhere to go amid Israel’s ongoing attack in the region.
“Despite the bombardment in the past week, I have resisted leaving, but now I will go to be with my daughter,” said Um Mohammad, a 55-year-old mother of six.
Most of Gaza’s 2 million residents have been displaced multiple times since . Some 64,000 people have been killed, 20,000 of them children, acccording to the Gaza Health Ministry. International organizations like the UN believe that the actual death toll may be much higher but cannot be confirmed due to lack of access to the area.
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Skip next section UN’s Francesca Albanese says attack, if confirmed, challenges Tunisian sovereignty
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UN’s Francesca Albanese says attack, if confirmed, challenges Tunisian sovereignty
After the Gaza Sumud Flotilla reported that it was attacked, Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the , who was at the port, said the details of the incident “will have to be verified,” but noted that the bombing is part of “a history of attacks on the flotilla.”
She shared the security camera footage and called attention to the sound, explosion and calls for help by the boat’s crew. “Draw your conclusions,” she wrote on X.
“We do not know who carried out the attack, but we would not be surprised if it was Israel. If confirmed, it is an attack against Tunisian sovereignty,” by a third party, she told Reuters news agency.
“There are current statements against the flotilla, threatening the flotilla, of course, from Israel,” Albanese said, noting that “there is no other state currently protecting this boat, other than Tunisia, creating a safe port.”
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Skip next section Tunisia denies strike on Gaza aid flotilla
09/09/2025September 9, 2025
Tunisia denies strike on Gaza aid flotilla
Tunisian authorities have dismissed the report that one of its main boats was hit by a drone at a port in Tunisia.
Interior Ministry said reports of a drone hitting a boat at its Sidi Bou Said port “have no basis in truth,” and a fire broke out on the vessel itself.
The and pro-Palestinian activists arrived in Tunisia over the weekend and was docked at Sidi Bou Said when it reported the incident.
“The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) confirms that one of the main boats … was struck by what is suspected to be a drone,” the organizers said on social media, adding that no one was hurt.
The GSF shared what it said was video footage of the boat from a security camera in which a humming sound can be heard, before a flash of light illuminates the frame.
The GSF also said an investigation into the blaze was underway and its results would be released once available.
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Welcome to our coverage
A Gaza-bound aid flotilla was reportedly attacked with a drone at a Tunisian port. An investigation into the incident is underway.
DW is also following Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar’s meeting with his Croatian counterpart, Goran Grlic Radman, and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb.
We will also be covering today’s session at the , where lawmakers and the European Union’s diplomacy chief, Kaja Kallas, will discuss EU action to combat famine in Gaza and the need to release hostages held by and move toward a two-state solution.
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