Overview

• Qatar called preparatory talks for Sept. 14 and scheduled an Arab leaders summit in Doha for Sept. 15 to condemn the strike and affirm solidarity, local media report.
• The Sept. 9 attack struck a building in Doha that U.S. authorities say targeted Hamas leadership.
• The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, reports Israel launched ballistic missiles from the northern Red Sea on a near-space trajectory that analysts say likely avoided Saudi airspace.
• U.S. defense officials say Israel provided no precise target data and that space-based heat sensing was used to reconstruct the launch and identify Doha as the intended target.
• President Trump met Qatar’s prime minister in New York on Sept. 12, and Qatar pledged to take any measures to protect its sovereignty as Israeli operations in Gaza continued with 29 reported civilian deaths in Gaza City on Sept. 13.