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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Israel-Qatar relations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks during a ceremony at the eve of Memorial Day at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem, on April 29, 2025. Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari speaks on a panel at the Doha Forum in the Doha Sheraton Hotel in Doha, Qatar, on December 11, 2023. (Abir SULTAN / POOL / AFP; Noushad Thekkayil/Nur Photo via Reuters)
June 10, 2025, 3:11 pm
Report: Netanyahu approved major deals between top Israeli defense companies and Qatar
Elbit, Rafael, Israel Aerospace Industries all said to have received authorization from Defense Ministry and IDF before October 7 to sell weapons and cybertechnology to Hamas-backing Gulf state
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Troops from the IDF Golani Brigade guard the entrance to a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, June 8, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
June 10, 2025, 3:06 pm
Daily Briefing June 10: Day 613 – Under Gaza hospital, IDF reveals Hamas HQ
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses Iran nuclear talks, his tour of Hamas command tunnels under a European-funded hospital in Gaza, and reported Qatar defense deals
By Ariela Karmel and Lazar Berman
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announces a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, at a press conference on January 15, 2025. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
May 18, 2025, 8:08 pm
Coalition backs bill to label Qatar ‘terror-supporting,’ amid hostage talks in Doha
Legislation would bar Gulf state from serving as mediator in talks between Israel and third parties — but allows government to make exceptions
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich arrives for a Supreme Court hearing on his appeal against his remand in custody, in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 10, 2025, 12:38 pm
Report: Netanyahu aide Urich received payments from Qatar after war broke out
Channel 13 report says police hold documents, text messages and bank data linking Jonatan Urich to Doha from period when Israel was weighing Qatari offers to mediate for hostages
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an annual Memorial Day ceremony in Jerusalem on April 29, 2025. (Abir SULTAN / POOL / AFP)
May 5, 2025, 1:34 am
Netanyahu says hostage deal was ‘about to materialize,’ but Qatar wouldn’t help
Prime Minister’s Office denies report saying it foiled bill to label Qatar a ‘terror-supporting state’ and to bar diplomatic, trade ties with it, except possibly on hostage issue
By Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks during a ceremony at the eve of Memorial Day at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem, on April 29, 2025. Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari speaks on a panel at the Doha Forum in the Doha Sheraton Hotel in Doha, Qatar, on December 11, 2023. (Abir SULTAN / POOL / AFP; Noushad Thekkayil/Nur Photo via Reuters)
May 4, 2025, 3:22 am
PM: Qatar ‘playing both sides’; Doha: He’s trying to justify crimes against civilians
Barbs come days after Qatar accused Israel of genocide during ICJ hearing; Doha spokesperson says Netanyahu’s portrayal of Gaza op as ‘defense of civilization’ echoes dark regimes
By Jacob Magid
At a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government at Tel Aviv's Habima Square on April 26, 2025, a demonstrator holds a sign that reads 'Concern for the Israeli nation for another Memorial Day' (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 2:41 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 29: Day 571 – Fake news may be muddying hostage talks
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses negotiations, what’s next in Syria, and comments from Biden aides; political reporter Sam Sokol reviews latest on Haredi IDF enlistment
By Jessica Steinberg, Jacob Magid and Sam Sokol
A rally for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, at Safra Square in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
April 28, 2025, 8:37 pm
Official: Israel won’t accept 5-year Gaza truce, Qatar isn’t helping hostage talks
‘No chance’ Israel will agree to deal that allows Hamas to ‘rearm, recover,’ Jerusalem official says; after claimed breakthrough in talks, Israeli officials say no meaningful progress
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
L: Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Doha on April 27, 2025. (Karim JAAFAR / AFP); R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on April 23, 2025. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
April 27, 2025, 7:06 pm
Arab source: To shield Netanyahu, Israel leaking false claim Qatar sabotaged talks
Non-Qatari official says PM’s demands have made reaching an agreement with Hamas nearly impossible, amid Israeli reports Doha encouraged terror group’s intransigence
By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
An Israeli Air Force Gulfstream G550 spy plane is seen in Greece amid the Iniochos exercise, in a handout photo published on April 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 11, 2025, 4:53 pm
In first, Israeli Air Force participates with Qatar in aerial exercises hosted by Greece
Military confirms it sent spy plane to Iniochos drill, doesn’t mention other participating countries; 18-day exercise marks first known military cooperation between the countries
By Emanuel Fabian
From left: Jonatan Urich, Eli Feldstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Composite: Flash90)
April 8, 2025, 12:16 pm
It’s too early to know how deep Qatargate goes, but it’s time to ask tough questions
Expanding investigation suggests that Israeli decisions on hostage talks, relations with Egypt could have been influenced by Doha
By Lazar Berman
Illustration: the "Qatargate" affair, concerning investigation into Qatari payments to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aides. Pictured: Eli Feldstein and Netanyahu on the backdrop of the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem (Photos by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Tomer Appelbaum/Pool, Yehoshua Yossef/Flash90)
March 23, 2025, 1:52 am
Contradicting known timeline, PM claims Qatar probe was opened to prevent Bar’s firing
PM claims AG, Shin Bet head opened probe into aides’ ties to Doha on same date he had set for Bar to present report on agency’s Oct. 7 failures, but Qatar probe had been ongoing for weeks
By ToI Staff
Eli Feldstein (left,) a former spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law); Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich speaks at a Central Elections Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 22, 2025, 12:21 am
Suspects detained by police in ‘Qatargate’ probe named as PM aides Urich and Feldstein
Feldstein already indicted for leaking stolen classified documents to German media; Urich reportedly did PR work for Gulf state in lead up to 2022 World Cup
By ToI Staff
Eli Feldstein (left), a former spokesman in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the main suspect in an investigation, launched in late October 2024, of alleged illegal access and leaking of classified intelligence material. (Kan screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at a plenum session at the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 6:07 am
Police detain, grill 2 suspects as part of probe into Qatari payments to PM’s aides
The pair, described as ‘central figures’ in the case, are reportedly suspected of maintaining contact with a foreign agent and money laundering
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Naftali Bennett attends a commemoration ceremony for a slain Israeli soldier at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, December 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90/ File)
March 19, 2025, 10:04 pm
Bennett: PM must quit over Qatari payments to aide; if received knowingly, it’s ‘treason’
Former PM calls out Netanyahu for ‘cover-up’ of scandal and resistance to investigation; Likud retorts that he’s a ‘crook’ for building 2021 coalition with Arab party Ra’am
By Sam Sokol
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