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U.N. Security Council Condemns Israeli Strike on Qatar

HeadlineSep 12, 2025

Qatar has held a funeral for five Palestinians and a Qatari security official killed in an Israeli attack targeting Hamas’s diplomatic delegation in Doha on Tuesday. Later today, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani is set to meet with President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the Israeli strike.

On Thursday, the United Nations Security Council condemned Israel’s actions in a rare joint statement, after the United States criticized Israel’s “unilateral bombing.” Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon remained defiant, saying Israel had targeted “terrorists” rather than “legitimate politicians, diplomats, or representatives.”

Danny Danon: “Here in this council, some members chose to give Hamas legitimacy, even protection. Israel will not. We will act against the leaders of terror wherever they are hiding.”

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