Overview

• Foreign ministers from the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation met in Doha to craft a joint response ahead of Monday’s emergency summit.
• Qatar’s prime minister called the attack an act of state terrorism, urged international accountability and legal steps to protect sovereignty, and insisted ceasefire mediation with Egypt and the United States will proceed.
• The September 9 strike in Doha killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer and narrowly missed a Hamas negotiating meeting considering a U.S. proposal for a Gaza truce.
• A draft resolution from the preparatory talks, reviewed by Reuters, warned that Israeli actions threaten normalization efforts but did not yet recommend concrete diplomatic or economic reprisals.
• Hamas urged Arab and Islamic states to form a pressure coalition and impose sanctions, while Israel defended the operation and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested the intended targets survived; Gulf states, including the UAE, lodged protests and took steps such as barring Israel from the Dubai Airshow.