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Hundreds of IDF tanks massed at the gates of the city north of the Gaza Strip. Mattarella:"Children are victims of inhumane conditions." Netanyahu: "Qatar is organizing an embargo on Israel. We will become a super-autonomous Sparta." Iran calls on Arab countries to rally: "We must unite against Tel Aviv; we are all brothers."

• According to the Israeli television channel i24NEWS, the United States and Israel are engaged in discussions, with the indirect involvement of several third countries, including Iran, on a possible plan to transfer top Hamas leaders from Gaza to Tunisia. The proposal would allow some of Hamas's most hardline figures to voluntarily leave the enclave, echoing the precedent of the 1980s, when Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) were exiled. A scenario that – it is emphasized – raises strong doubts in Tunisia. Although Tunisia has long supported the Palestinian cause, both public opinion and some sectors of the political class are much less favorable to Hamas and raise concerns about the appropriateness of hosting the group's more radical members. Qatar is reportedly engaging several countries in an initiative to impose an embargo on Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is convinced of this, stating in an interview with the Jerusalem Post that"there is currently an attempt to impose an embargo on Israel by several entities and countries, led by Qatar." This initiative, according to the Israeli prime minister, is"financed with large sums of money from Qatar and other countries, such as China."
Netanyahu then added that "in the coming years we will have to strengthen our independent defense industries to ensure
• self-sufficiency in armaments and munitions production and in industrial capacity. This will allow us to break this embargo." The Israeli prime minister then added that attempts to isolate Israel will not succeed."The United States stands with us, as do many other countries. However, we currently face a specific challenge in Western Europe. We are actively working and will continue to work to lift this blockade, just as we successfully overcame the military blockade. We will also succeed in overcoming this diplomatic blockade." Israel wanted to derail the ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip with the air strike it conducted on Doha, targeting Hamas's chief negotiators. This was stated by the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the emergency summit of Arab-Islamic leaders in Doha. Hamas"should have focused on a document prepared by America. Have you ever heard of such an attack?" the emir said, calling the Israeli attack on a negotiating team"unique." He continued,"It has never happened before that a state that works consistently for negotiations, a state that is part of the negotiations, attacks the venue where the negotiations are taking place." Al Thani then asked: "If Israel wants to assassinate Hamas leaders, why then engage in negotiations? If it wants to insist on the release of the hostages, why then does it assassinate all the negotiators? How can we host Israeli negotiating delegations in our country while they send drones and planes to raid our country?" Therefore,"this is just a cowardly aggression, and there is no room for dealing with such a party," he added.
The response to
• Israel's attack on Qatar must be "clear, decisive and, above all, deterrent." King Abdullah II of Jordan said this in his address to the Arab-Islamic leaders' summit currently underway in Doha. The raid on Hamas leaders was"living proof" that Israel's threat is "limitless," the monarch added, as reported by al-Jazeera. Abdullah II then denounced Israel's"expansionist policies" in the West Bank, stressing how they undermine"the possibility of a two-state solution." He hoped the summit would produce "concrete decisions to counter Israel's actions, end the war in Gaza, and prevent further expulsions of Palestinians." Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called for Israel to be banned from sporting events after pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the final stage of the Vuelta, the Spanish cycling race, amid chaotic scenes in Madrid. Speaking to members of the Socialist Party, Sanchez said that Israel, like Russia, should be boycotted from international sporting events because of its military campaign in Gaza."Until this barbarism ends, neither Russia nor Israel should participate in any international competition," Sanchez said."Sports organizations should consider whether it is ethical for Israel to continue participating in international competitions. Why expel Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, but not Israel after the invasion of Gaza?" Sanchez spoke a day after Sunday's final stage was halted after protesters threw barricades onto the road and clashed with police near the finish line in the Spanish capital. The Spanish government has cancelled a contract worth nearly €700 million for Israeli-designed rocket launchers, according to an official document seen by AFP today. The decision comes after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced last week that his government would"consolidate by law" the ban on the sale or purchase of military equipment with Israel in connection with its offensive in Gaza. Israel will be"a super Sparta" in the face of global isolation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made this statement, speaking of the sanctions against Israel and the"investments of hostile countries" that are placing the country "in a sort of isolation." Therefore, Netanyahu emphasized that Israel must prepare for a new economic reality."We will have to adapt to an economy with autarchic characteristics. I am a supporter of the free market, but to survive, we will have to ensure the ability to produce ourselves what is necessary for national security, particularly the defense industry. We are Athens and Sparta, or perhaps Super-Sparta. We have no choice," the Israeli prime minister stated during an economic conference in Jerusalem attended by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The Arab-Islamic leaders present at the
Doha
• summit “threaten everything that has been achieved on the path to normalization of relations with Israel, including existing and future agreements.” This is what is written in a draft of the final document of the Arab-Islamic summit in Doha circulated to the media, referring to the Abraham Accords, which the Jewish state has signed with some Arab countries and which it would like to extend to other partners in the region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced the Israeli aggression during the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, calling Benjamin Netanyahu's government led by a"greedy and bloodthirsty mentality." Erdogan stated that "the Netanyahu government aims to continue the massacres against the Palestinian people and drag the region into chaos" and stressed the need to "bring Israeli officials to justice according to international legal mechanisms." Erdogan also appealed to the Arab and Islamic world, urging them to"achieve self-sufficiency in many areas of development and intensify cooperation in these fields." He reiterated the importance of "exerting economic pressure on Israel, as past experiences have proven its effectiveness," and added that "we cannot accept the displacement of the Palestinian people, their genocide, or their partition." Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for unity among Arab and Islamic countries, which should increase their"solidarity and unity" to oppose Israel. “We have only one option, which is to remain united, hand in hand, as the Prophet Muhammad said, all Muslims are brothers. We should remain as one body,” Pezeshkian said in Doha at the emergency summit of Arab-Islamic leaders convened to decide on concrete measures to respond to last week’s Israeli raid on Qatar, which targeted Hamas leaders. “We must oppose these threats, reiterating that further crimes cannot be tolerated and that we must not remain silent in the face of what is happening in Gaza or what happened in Beirut or Yemen,” the Iranian president urged, recalling that during the 12 days of war in June, Israel “not only violated our sovereignty, but also the dignity of our people. And this was possible thanks to the impunity that Tel Aviv enjoys.”