Qatar has announced that it will host a summit of Arab and Muslim leaders on Monday to denounce Israel’s strike on Hamas officials in Doha and to express solidarity with the Gulf state.
Foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said the gathering would deliberate on “a draft resolution on the Israeli attack on the State of Qatar,” which will be prepared during a ministerial meeting on Sunday.
According to al-Ansari, the summit reflects “broad Arab and Islamic solidarity with the State of Qatar in the face of Israel’s cowardly aggression… and the categorical rejection of Israel’s state terrorism,” state news agency QNA reported.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani are expected to attend. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also be in Doha, though it remains unconfirmed if he will join the summit.
The Israeli strike on Tuesday killed five Hamas members along with a Qatari security officer. The attack has drawn sharp condemnation internationally, including from Gulf monarchies traditionally aligned with the United States, Israel’s closest ally.
Qatar, which hosts the largest US military base in the region, has been playing a key mediation role in the Gaza conflict alongside Washington and Cairo.
Regional analysts say the summit is intended to send a strong warning to Israel.
Andreas Krieg of King’s College London noted that the strike was “seen across the Gulf as an unprecedented violation of sovereignty and an attack on diplomacy itself.”
He added that the summit underlines that “such aggression can’t be normalized,” stressing, “The goal is to draw clear red lines and end the sense in Israel that it can act with impunity. Expect a sharper stance on Palestine and a harder edge on Israeli actions.”
What You Should Know
The Israeli strike in Doha killed five Hamas officials and a Qatari guard, prompting Qatar to rally Arab and Muslim leaders.
The summit aims to reinforce solidarity, condemn the attack as a violation of sovereignty, and push for tougher stances against Israel’s actions in the region.
