Qatar reconsidering its mediator role in Gaza ceasefire talks after Israel strikes Doha

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00:00Draped in Palestinian flags, the coffins of five Hamas members are brought into a Doha

00:06mosque, as well as one bearing a Qatari flag for the security guard also killed in the

00:11attack by Israel.

00:13Mourners were joined by Qatar's ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Fani.

00:19Qatar is organizing an emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha from Sunday to decide on a

00:25course of action.

00:26Arab leaders have rallied around the Gulf state following Tuesday's attack on its soil.

00:31An aggression against any Gulf Cooperation Council country is considered an aggression

00:36against all.

00:38As the Israeli Prime Minister doubles down on Israel's actions, Qatar's Prime Minister

00:43told CNN that it was nothing less than state terror, and that Benjamin Netanyahu had killed

00:49any hope for Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza.

00:53He also said his government was reassessing its future involvement in ceasefire talks,

00:58and that they were having detailed conversations with the United States.

01:02Hamas, on the other hand, accused the U.S. of complicity in Israel's attack, which occurred

01:06as the militant group was due to give its answer to the Trump administration's latest ceasefire

01:10proposal.

01:12We affirm that the U.S. is fully complicit in this crime, bearing political and moral responsibility

01:17for providing cover and continuous support for the occupation's aggression and ongoing

01:22crimes against our people.

01:24The attack has created a fresh headache for the U.S. President, who has sought to reassure

01:29Qatar, which hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East, while criticizing Israel's

01:35actions, saying it does not advance American and Israeli interests.

01:38The the percent to the U.S.

01:42of which we are facing to escape country in southern

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