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Dam­age is seen af­ter an Is­raeli strike tar­get­ed a com­pound that host­ed Hamas’ po­lit­i­cal lead­er­ship in Do­ha, Qatar, Wednes­day, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Pho­to/Jon Gam­brell)

Qatar pre­pared Mon­day to host a sum­mit over Is­rael’s at­tack on Hamas lead­ers in Do­ha last week, hop­ing a group of Arab and Is­lam­ic na­tions will of­fer a way to re­strain Is­rael as its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip grinds on.

The at­tack on Hamas lead­ers came as Qatar serves as a key me­di­a­tor in an ef­fort to reach a cease­fire in the war, some­thing Do­ha in­sist­ed it will con­tin­ue to do even af­ter the as­sault.