Have you seen a state attack negotiators like that?” Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul rahman bin Jassim Al-Thani questioned the UN Security Council on Thursday, in response to an Israeli airstrike on a diplomatic compound in Doha which ended up killing several people, including a Qatari security officer.
Addressing an emergency meeting convened at the request of Algeria, Somalia and Pakistan, the Qatari prime minister described the Sept. 9 strike as a “criminal assault” and a “clear violation of Qatar’s sovereignty.”
He warned that it threatened to derail ongoing ceasefire negotiations and peace efforts in Gaza.
Israel’s airstrike hit a residential complex in Doha housing members of Hamas’ political bureau and their families.
