Location at an overview: Israel increases the pressure after attacks in Qatar

Regardless of international criticism of his apparently failed air raid in Qatar, Israel increases pressure on the leadership of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas. According to his office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on to show the Hamas leaders and warned: “I say Qatar and all the countries that terrorists grant shelter, either you show them or take them to account. Because if you don’t, we will do it.” Katar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs clearly rejected his “ruthless statements”.

Qatar condemned “the express threats of future violations of state sovereignty,” says a declaration of the Foreign Ministry published on X. Netanyahu’s words are a “shameful attempt” to justify Israel’s attack in the Qatarian capital on Tuesday.

Israel’s Air Force had tried to attack Hamas’ leadership in Doha. One goal was reported by Calil Al-Haja, the highest Hamas leader abroad, who also leads the Hamas delegation on an ceasefire during the indirect negotiations with Israel. According to Hamas, however, the attack failed that no member of the delegation was killed. But six people were killed, including Al-Haja’s son and his office manager. The attack was convicted internationally.

Qatar’s Premier: Netanyahu destroys hope for hostages

According to the Qatarian Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the attack could have negative consequences for the hostages in the Gaza Strip. “I think what Netanyahu did yesterday has any hope for these hostages,” he said on Wednesday in an interview by the US television station CNN. Katar mediates together with Egypt and the USA in the Gaza War between Israel and Hamas.

Ex-military spokesman: Israel drives comprehensive pressure campaign

There are still 48 hostages in Gaza, 20 of which are still alive according to Israeli information. Relatives had expressed great concern about their fate after the attack. Shortly after Israel’s attack, Al Thani had indicated that Qatar could hold on to his role as an intermediary. The next day, according to CNN, he said that “everything was re -evaluated” in terms of Katar’s commitment in future ceasefire negotiations. In the “very detailed conversation” with the US government, one is about how to proceed.

“The ultimate goal is to get Hamas to agree to our conditions, and what Israel is currently doing is a comprehensive pressure campaign,” quoted the “Wall Street Journal” Jonathan Conricus, former spokesman for the Israeli military, who works at the Foundation Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington. The Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 had quoted rank-high defense officers that the attack had taken into account Hamas officials who had compromises in the talks about a Gaza agreement and were an obstacle to an agreement.

Report: Trump made heated phone call with Netanyahu

According to the “Wall Street Journal”, US President Donald Trump led a heated phone call to Netanyahu after the attack. In it, Trump expressed his “deep frustration” over it and was surprised by Israel’s attack. The decision to attack political Hamas leaders in Doha was not wise, Trump said to Netanyahu, it was said, citing senior officials.

Trump was angry to have been informed only during the attack by the US military and not by Israel himself-and that an attack had hit the territory of a US ally, who has given negotiations on the end of the Gaza War. Netanyahu replied that he had a short time window for the attacks and took the opportunity, the newspaper continued.

Merz does not yet want to position himself for Israel sanctions

Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) criticized the Israeli attack as contrary to international law, but does not yet want to position himself for possible sanctions. He “took note of the proposals from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said the CDU chairman.

He now wanted to “wait for the internal discussion in the European Council, also the discussion in the coalition,” said Merz. Von der Leyen had announced that the EU Commission pays to Israel. However, there should be no impact on working with Israeli civil society or the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem.

Netanyahu speaks of “beach plots” in the Gaza Strip

Meanwhile, Netanyahu took part in the laying of the foundation stone for a beach promenade south of Tel Aviv, which is named after Trump. At the ceremony in the city of Jam, Netanyahu made hints about the future of the competitive Gaza strip. “President Trump spoke to me several times about investment values ​​by the sea,” he said, according to his office.

“He told me that we have wonderful beach plots here,” said Israel’s head of government. However, Trump spoke about a place “that is a little south of here – in Gaza,” said Netanyahu. Trump had brought the idea into play to take control of the Gaza Strip and to move the Palestinian population to transform Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East”. The proposal had met with violent criticism.

Israel wants to smash Hamas, while Palestinian representatives push for a reconstruction of the Gaza Strip under its own administration. Many Palestinians also take care of the intended intake of the city of Gaza in the north of the largely devastated coastal area in front of a new wave of flight and expulsion – similar to during the war in the course of the foundation of the Israeli in 1948 and during the 1967. Gaza stripes with Israelis.