Hamas officials survive Doha attack with help from Turkey - report

The team of Hamas negotiators survived yesterday’s Israeli attack in Qatar as Turkish intelligence alerted the delegation of a possible strike in advance, Turkiye reported.

According to the Turkish newspaper, a special unit of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization monitored Israeli warplane activity throughout the day. The Israeli Air Force first struck a humanitarian flotilla in Tunisia, then carried out attacks on targets in Latakia and Tartus in Syria, as well as facilities in Lebanon. It was only after these strikes that "Hamas officials in Qatar were targeted."

Turkey’s intel officers notified the Hamas negotiators about the risk, leading to increased security measures for the Palestinian delegates in Doha. Therefore, the newspaper writes, the death of a majority of senior Hamas officials was prevented. However, several people, "including the head of [Hamas’s Gaza] office in Khalil al-Hayya and his son" were killed.

Yesterday, a delegation of the Hamas movement was attacked in Doha. The attack killed at least six people.