Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says at the opening of the Arab summit in Doha that Israel is clearly “seeking the failure” of the ceasefire and hostage release negotiations.
Days after Israel struck Hamas officials gathered in Doha, Tamim avers that “whoever attacks a mediating party is seeking the failure of the negotiations, and if the release of the hostages means the end of the war — then it is not interested in that.”
He adds that Israel seeks to turn Gaza into a place unfit for habitation in order to force residents to emigrate, thereby realizing the vision of a “Greater Israel.”
Tamim also describes the Israeli strike on Qatar as terrorist and cowardly, noting that Doha has been trying for two years to bring about a ceasefire and to secure the release of the Israeli hostages.
“If Israel wanted to eliminate the Hamas leadership — why did it negotiate with them? And if it wanted to hold negotiations to release the hostages, why is it killing everyone who negotiates on its behalf?”
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