Israel on Tuesday carried out an attack on senior Hamas officials in Qatar’s capital city of Doha.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the “precise strike” in a social media post, accusing the targeted leaders of being “directly responsible” for the massacre of Israelis by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
The IDF’s post did not identify the location of the strike. But a senior Israeli official confirmed to NBC News that it occurred in Doha.
The strike on the capital of a foreign sovereign nation — one where the U.S. maintains a major military base — is a significant escalation of Israel’s efforts to destroy Hamas.
The Trump administration was notified by Israel just before the attack, a White House official told CNBC.
