Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Israel’s genocide on Gaza continued, killing at least 52 people, including nine Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid. In other impotant developments:

• Israeli warplanes struck a residential compound in Doha’s diplomatic quarter on Tuesday, targeting senior Hamas figures.

• Hamas said its top leadership survived the raid, but five of its members were killed.

• Qatar confirmed a member of its security forces was also killed, denouncing the attack as “cowardly”.

• Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said the United States gave no prior warning, adding Washington only phoned ten minutes after the strikes began.

• The White House distanced itself, saying the raid undermines both US and Israeli objectives. President Donald Trump assured Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani that “such a thing will not happen again on their soil.”

• Regional condemnation poured in. Saudi Arabia warned of “grave consequences” from Israel’s “criminal transgressions” and its “blatant violation of international law.”