Qatar rejects Netanyahu’s ‘shameful’ attempt to justify Israel’s ‘cowardly attack’
RIYADH: Qatar denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks about Doha’s hosting of a Hamas office as “reckless” and a “shameful attempt” to justify Israel’s “cowardly attack” on Qatari territory.
“Netanyahu is fully aware that the hosting of the Hamas office took place within the framework of Qatar’s mediation efforts requested by the United States and Israel,” Qatar said in a strongly worded statement issued by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He made the remark as Israel came under international condemnation after launching an air strike Tuesday on a building in Qatar in a bid to assassinate Hamas political leaders.
The airstrike took place shortly after Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting on Monday that killed six people at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
