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Attack on Qatar: Who can now trust Israel for any deal?

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Tuesday, September 9


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Today's Israeli airstrike in Doha, Qatar, targeted the leadership of Hamas, which was meeting to respond to what Trump called the organization's last offer and opportunity to stop the large-scale attack aimed at completely destroying Gaza City.

Even before it was determined whether and who survived the bombing, the entire Arab world condemned the attack as a treacherous, even mafia-like action, while estimates are being made that Israel bombed Hamas leaders to prevent an agreement that would take away its main argument for the pre-determined destruction of Gaza and expulsion of the Palestinian population.

It is the fifth Israeli attack on Arab territory in the past 48 hours, alongside the massacre in Gaza. Israel has also bombed Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, bases and weapons depots in central and western Syria, Houthi rebel positions in Yemen, while Israeli services are blamed for the drone attack in Tunisia last night against the flagship of the international flotilla Humud, which aims to break the blockade of Gaza.

Was there American involvement?

Although Prime Minister Netanyahu assured that the operation was exclusively Israeli, that is, that there was no American participation, there is a widespread impression among those familiar with the Middle East that it could not have been carried out without American involvement or without the US, which is sweeping the skies of the Persian Gulf to defend at least its own air and naval bases, not realizing it.

Another burning question is how the 10 aircraft that participated in the precision operation (according to the Israeli press) managed to reach Qatar without being detected by the air defenses of neighboring Arab states. It is noted that the area where the bombed building is located is one of the best guarded in Doha as it also hosts many foreign embassies.

Who can trust Israel?

Within Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu is accused of allowing Hamas to be financed by Qatar for years before the October 7 attack, with suitcases full of dollars being transported to Gaza in order to weaken and undermine the Palestinian Authority.

This is not the first time Israel has targeted Hamas leaders abroad. Last July, it killed the group's leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. In 2010, Mossad agents assassinated a senior member of the group's military wing in Dubai, while in 1997 they attempted to assassinate the head of the political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, in Damascus.

With this attack, the Netanyahu government is risking the Abraham Accords it has signed with Arab countries (United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco) and is undermining those it intended to sign with others, such as Saudi Arabia, after the end of the war in Gaza. The question also arises, after today's attack on Doha, where Israeli officials often went for negotiations with Hamas, which government and why could Israel trust any agreement.

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