00:00Israel has launched an attack on Doha, Qatar, targeting the political leadership of the militant group Hamas.
00:22Now, Qatar's come out strongly condemning this strike that apparently happened when Hamas leaders were talking about a ceasefire deal.
00:29Now on the table over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been threatening to launch a new offensive on Gaza City.
00:36We still don't know just how many people were hurt or killed in this attack, but it marks the second time that Qatar, an energy-rich nation on the Arabian Peninsula,
00:45has been targeted during the Mideast wars that came from Hamas's initial October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
00:52Back in June, Iran launched an attack on a Qatari airbase home to U.S. airmen over the Americans bombing Iranian nuclear sites.
01:02But this time this is different. The Qataris have come out strongly against Israel.
01:06We've also seen regional countries like the United Arab Emirates also say that they back Qatar in this.
01:11So this likely will further strain the relationships that Israel has with the Gulf Arab countries,
01:17which it's been so desperate to try to make diplomatic recognition deals with,
01:21and likely is going to cause more tension in the wider Middle East as this offensive looms.
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