These strikes set Israel firmly against Qatar and make Doha – once a main meeting point and venue for truce negotiations – now a new theatre of war in the Gaza conflict, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the strikes following Monday’s deadly shooting in Jerusalem.

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