Qatar’s prime minister denounced Israel on Sunday as international ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to debate a attainable unified response to Israel’s assault on Doha focusing on the management of the militant group Hamas.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who additionally serves as Qatar’s international minister, made the feedback forward of a gathering Monday of leaders from these nations.
Sheikh Mohammed stated Qatar remained dedicated to working with Egypt and the USA to achieve a ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas conflict that’s devastated the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel. Nevertheless, he harassed the time had come for penalties to Israel’s assaults within the wider Center East amid the battle.
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“It’s time for the worldwide group to cease making use of double requirements and punish Israel for all of the crimes it has dedicated,” Sheikh Mohammed stated in footage later launched by Qatar’s authorities from the closed-door assembly.
There was no fast response from Israel, which is internet hosting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio this weekend.
Nevertheless, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening once more defended the strike.
“The Hamas terrorists chiefs residing in Qatar don’t care in regards to the individuals in Gaza,” he wrote on the social platform X. “They blocked all ceasefire makes an attempt as a way to endlessly drag out the conflict. Eliminating them would rid the principle impediment to releasing all our hostages and ending the conflict.”
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