Arab-Islamic summit condemns Israel’s attack on Doha as serious threat to regional pe
Arab-Islamic summit condemns Israel’s attack on Doha as serious threat to regional peace
M.U.H
16/09/20257
Leaders of Arab and Islamic countries warn that Israel’s recent strikes on Doha were a serious threat to regional peace and stability.
In their final statement, participants at the Arab-Islamic emergency summit, which was held in the Qatari capital on Monday, strongly condemned Israel’s airstrikes attempting to assassinate Hamas leaders on September 9.
The Israeli regime launched missiles at a residential area in Doha, targeting Hamas members who were meeting to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Top Hamas leaders survived the attack. But five members of the Gaza-based resistance group and a Qatari security officer were killed.
The Doha statement called "upon all states to take all possible legal and effective measures to prevent Israel from continuing its actions against the Palestinian people.”
It said all countries should review “diplomatic and economic relations” with the Israeli regime and initiate legal proceedings against the regime.
The statement said the Israeli attack was a “cowardly act of aggression” and a flagrant violation of Qatari sovereignty, which was carried out against a “neutral venue for international mediation.”
It commended Doha’s diplomatic role and expressed support for the mediation efforts led by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States to halt Israel’s war on Gaza.
The participants at the Doha summit reiterated their full and unwavering solidarity with Qatar and rejected Israel’s repeated threats of future attacks.
They said the Israeli strikes were meant to undermine Qatar’s mediation efforts and disrupt attempts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.
The final communiqué also reaffirmed broad support for the Palestinian cause and condemned Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. It said Israel’s policies in Gaza have resulted in an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
The Arab and Islamic leaders expressed their firm opposition to any Israeli attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians or carry out ethnic cleansing, slamming any plans to annex occupied Palestinian land.
They underscored the need for an immediate halt to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and called for international accountability and an end to Israel’s impunity under international law.
The Doha statement said Arab and Islamic nations have a common destiny and collective security.
Leaders from the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the 22-member Arab League attended the Doha summit.
Qatar, along with the United States and Egypt, has been a mediator in negotiations to end the Israeli war on Gaza, which, according to the health ministry of Gaza, has killed at least 64,871 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since October 2023.
