It wasn’t 9 a.m. in Washington D.C. before news began to trickle out of Doha on Tuesday morning that an Israeli-led bombing campaign targeted senior Hamas officials in Qatar’s capital. Khalil al-Hayya, an exiled Gaza chief and lead negotiator, was the main target, along with a group of negotiators who had gathered to discuss President Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal as Israel pushes forward with its plan to level and seize Gaza City. The strikes, carried out by 15 fighter jets, mark the Israeli military’s latest offensive after similar bombing campaigns were carried out in Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen, and Tunisia this year.
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