Qatar urges UN Security Council to condemn Israel’s ‘cowardly’ strikes

Qatar reiterates its condemnation of Israel’s strikes targeting Hamas leaders in Doha yesterday in messages to the United Nations, calling them “cowardly” violations of the country’s sovereignty, according to the Qatari Foreign Ministry.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Doha describes the attack as “a blatant violation of all international laws and norms,” stressing that “it will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior” and repeating that investigations are underway.

Qatar also “requested that the message be circulated to the members of the Security Council and issued as an official document of the Council,” the ministry adds.

The UN Security Council is set to discuss the strikes this evening.

In a separate statement delivered to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Qatar’s representative says that “Israeli violations and crimes” in Gaza have been “extended to the cowardly targeting of residential buildings” housing Hamas members.

The ministry also reports that Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Thani received calls today from the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, affirming their solidarity with Qatar and their “strong condemnation” of the attack.