Qatar has announced it will host an emergency Arab-Islamic summit on Sunday, September 15, following Israel’s airstrike on Doha earlier this week, Xinhua reported.
Foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic nations are set to meet ahead of the summit to draft a joint statement. Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said the gathering reflects regional solidarity with Qatar against what he called Israeli “aggression” that targeted the residences of Hamas leaders in the capital.
Israel’s strike on Tuesday hit a building where Hamas officials were meeting on a US-brokered ceasefire proposal, killing five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer. The attack sparked swift condemnation from Qatar and several international governments, according to Xinhua.
