Arabic reports: Five killed in strike in Qatar, not from Hamas leadership

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9 September 2025, 7:18 pm

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Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli strike on Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar, on September 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

Arabic media outlets report that five people were killed in a strike in Qatar.

The reports say they were Hamas members but not part of the leadership.

According to the reports, the dead are Himam al-Hayya, son of Hamas Gaza leader Khalil al-Hayya; Jihad Labad Abu Bilal, Khalil al-Hayya’s office director; and three “associates,” possibly referring to bodyguards or advisers of senior Hamas officials – Abdullah Abu Khalil, Moamen Abu Omar, and Ahmad Abu Malek.

Israeli officials have said they are increasingly optimistic that Hamas’s leadership was killed after 10 bombs were dropped on the site, noting that Hamas has tried to conceal the loss of its leaders in the past.