Hamas says the Israeli attack that targeted its leaders in Doha will not alter the Palestinian group’s terms on ending the war in Gaza.
Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum, in a televised speech, says the attack targeted its negotiation delegation while they were discussing US President Trump’s ceasefire proposal.
“This crime was… an assassination of the entire negotiation process,” Barhoum says.
“We affirm that the US administration is a full accomplice in this crime,” he adds.
No senior Hamas members have been confirmed killed in the strike.
Barhoum says in the pre-recorded speech that Israel struck the home of the head of Hamas’s negotiating delegation, Khalil al-Hayya. His wife, as well as the wife of his son Himam al-Hayya — who was killed — were injured in the strike. Other family members were also wounded, Barhoum says.
Barhoum says the failed attempt to assassinate Hamas’s leadership would not change the movement’s positions in the ceasefire negotiations: ending the aggression, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a “genuine” prisoner exchanges, and Gaza’s reconstruction.
He adds that the strike was an attempt to create a false image of victory for Israel, after it failed to achieve gains during 23 months of war.
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