Overview

• Qatar denounced a violation of its sovereignty and said the attack undermined efforts to secure a ceasefire and hostage release, with talks now on hold.
• Israeli media cited officials saying the operation likely missed most intended Hamas targets, while Hamas and Qatari reports counted several dead, including a son of Khalil al-Haja and a Qatari security officer.
• Israel defended the strike as a move against Hamas leadership, as its UN envoy Danny Danon criticized Qatar’s harboring of militants and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu demanded Doha expel or prosecute Hamas figures.
• Domestic pressure is rising in Israel, with groups of soldiers and hundreds of mothers publicly refusing redeployment to Gaza as the government prepares to mobilize 60,000 reservists and hostage families plead for a negotiated deal.
• Israeli operations in Gaza continued with Palestinian medical sources reporting dozens of new fatalities in Gaza City, figures that could not be independently verified.