The security agency's reservations on targeting terror officials in Doha likely influenced the operation to be airstrikes from fighter jets instead, as opposed to on the ground. The Mossad reportedly scrapped a plan it drew up in recent weeks to assassinate senior Hamas officials on Qatari soil using agents within the country,

Netanyahu criticised international condemnation of Israel following their strike on Doha last week, saying retaliatory Israeli attacks in Europe in the 1970s did not generate “a great cry of wrongdoing”.

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered this week’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar, he took a major gamble in his campaign to pound the group into submission.

Israel made a dangerous gamble, analysts say, raising doubts about historical U.S. security guarantees for its Gulf Arab allies.

The Israeli government gave the Trump White House advance notice of its strike against Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar.

Qatari emir tells President Donald Trump to hold Israel accountable after U.S. leader denounced attacking partner.

Israel on Tuesday struck a gated compound in Doha’s Leqtaifiya district used by Hamas’ Political Bureau as senior figures weighed a US-backed ceasefire and hostage proposal. According to Israeli media,

Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization committed to Israel’s destruction. But some of its foremost victims aren’t Israeli Jews. Rather, they’re Arab. And a newly formed group, the Arrow Unit, exemplifies how Hamas maintains its grip on power,

If Israel failed to kill Hamas leaders in an airstrike on Qatar on Tuesday, it would succeed next time, the Israeli ambassador to the United States said after the operation, which raised concerns it would torpedo efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday the U.S. and Qatar are nearing a defense agreement following an Israeli strike targeting Hamas officials in the Qatari capital Doha last week. Rubio made the remarks ahead of his travel to Qatar,