Netanyahu tells Qatar to expel Hamas leaders or bring them to justice: ‘If you don’t, we will’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes a defiant tone amid international criticism over Israel’s strike against Hamas leaders in Doha, telling Qatar: “You either expel them or you bring them to justice. Because if you don’t, we will.”

Speaking in an English-language video, Netanyahu compares Israel’s strike to US operations after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the anniversary of which is tomorrow.

“We also have a September 11th,” he says. “We remember October 7th. On that day, Islamist terrorists committed the worst savagery against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
“Tomorrow is September 11th. We remember September 11th. On that day, Islamist terrorists committed the worst savagery on American soil since the founding of the United States. pic.twitter.com/KDZcTXRsK0

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) September 10, 2025

“What did America do in the wake of September 11th?” Netanyahu asks. “It promised to hunt down the terrorists who committed this heinous crime, wherever they may be. And it also passed a resolution in the Security Council of the UN, two weeks later, that said that governments cannot give harbor to terrorists.”

Israel followed that approach, says Netanyahu, accusing Qatar of harboring terrorists, financing Hamas and giving its leaders mansions.

“So we did exactly what America did when it went after the al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and after they went and killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan,” argues Netanyahu.

He also argues that the same countries that applauded the US for killing Bin Laden should be ashamed of themselves for condemning Israel.