Oil Spikes As Explosions Rock Doha; Israel Targets Top Hamas Leaders in Assassination Operation
9th September 2025
Oil Spikes As Explosions Rock Doha; Israel Targets Top Hamas Leaders In Assassination Operation
Multiple explosions have been reported in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday, according to eyewitnesses cited by Reuters. Initial reports suggest a missile strike or series of possible aerial strikes.Axios journalist Barak Ravid, referencing Israeli officials, reported that the blasts were believed to be part of an assassination attempt targeting Hamas members. Netanyahu is really going gloves off at this point, it appears, and all negotiations seem definitively off.
Qatar is one of those piss-ant rich Arab states whose entire significance is that they squat on a big pool of oil. They are commonly known to be big supporters (and, more to the point, funders) of Hamas, but they have no military resources to speak of … and I suspect Israel just rubbed their noses in reality. Israel could pretty much erase them if they decided to and could deal with the international hand-wringing. Israel seems to have decided to remind them that there are limits to what they will put up with.