The public sentiment surrounding Israel's attack is sharply divided, with a significant portion supporting the military action against Hamas as a necessary step for security and justice, while a substantial opposition decries the violation of Qatar's sovereignty, raising concerns about the potential for increased regional instability and skepticism regarding Israel's intentions and U.S. involvement. Key themes include ethical implications of the airstrike, the impact on peace negotiations, and disappointment with the inaction of Arab leaders.

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My bet is that Qatar was told and agreed and just told them they would condemn it and condemn Israel.   I find it hard to believe that US and Qatar air defenses would miss that.

browneod

Qatar has dozens of modern anti air systems in their country which is a quarter of the size of The Netherlands. If they didn't want those airplanes to shoot and hit missiles, they wouldn't have. 

Qatar allowed it, just like they allowed an Iranian missile to hit the US base in their country a few months back. They can act the victim and shout against Israel, Israel isn't going to get any more unpopular than it already is, and in the end only Hamas is weaker because of it.

Robert_Grave

This is kind of crazy considering the largest US base in the region is a 30 minute drive from central Doha. This would absolutely indicate coordination with both the US and Qatari governments.

Qatar is U.S ally

Nothing is going to happen.

Edit: it's an approved strike by Trump

(Posted from another comment of mine)

Realistic-Inside6743

TurkishChadBot

The problem is that everything is just a big pile of hypocrisy. We in the "West" always say such actions are justified when it fits our (geo)political goals. When other countries would like to do the same, we usually refer to global order and international law, which is ridiculous. And at the same time we are surprised that more and more nations rise up and don't want to play along anymore ...

ForTheChillz

HEHEHEHA1204

TooBlessed2BStressed

Fuck Qatar for bankrolling terrorists.

Fuck Israel for doling out extra judicial punishment but getting all pissy when people try to hold them accountable.

Fuck the USA for turning this into a Holy War.

Fuck Hamas for allowing Palestinians to be murdered while their leadership sits in comfort 1000 miles away.

sreppok

They don't care about their country's image no more. Hunting down terrorist leaders is their top priority rn. It's a very clear statement to those terrorist leaders or what reddit here called them "FreEdooM FighTeRs" that there's no where for them to hide. It's dead or living scared shitless the rest of their lives. There'll be a lot of terrorists symphatizers getting upset when those terrorists leaders are dead though, lol

Cute_camel_bacon

asil518

Qatar has world-class air defense radar. They knew this was happening qnd didn't warn the targets, they’ve been wanting to kick out Hamas leadership out of there for some time, but don’t want to have scorn from the Arab world by kicking them out themselves.

BabylonianWeeb

I'm good with it.   We took out Bin Laden in Pakistan.    Hamas is Al Qaeda X 10.

Agitated-Quit-6148

AntelopeMilk

I really don't much care. It was Hamas leadership, Qatar knew they were there, I frankly don't care if Qatar is just pretending to be mad to save face against Iran in the long run, or if it really was shocked and surprised by this...either way, more Hamas cowards dead is always a good time in my book.

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TexasSikh

Qatar’s been backing terrorism for ages and sadly, they tried to damage other Gulf. They brought this on themselves. But I’ll say all Saudis and our leaders still support Qatar deep down.

HolyTamrah

No way it wasn't planned with USA and Qatar. So that won't create big problems for Israel, but send the message. Of course, it will create PR problems, but since when Israel didn't have them?

Apprehensive_Mix4658

They crossed a line AND it was justified. Hamas leadership doesn't care about what happens to the civilians in Gaza strip. They wouldn't have started the war if they did care. They thought they would forever live safely and luxuriously courtesy of Qatar government while using the war to further their fundamentalist agenda. The only way to make them actually give up was to start killing them specifically.

The strike was coordinated with at the very least USA, very probably even Qatar.

[deleted]

I'm pretty sure the US and Qatar were aware of the strike, and let it happen. Qatar made a "saving face" condemnation of the attack to keep the Muslim nations happy, but honestly probably in Qatar's best interest that Hamas' leadership is killed by a foreign entity instead of expelled from Qatar.

Bassist57

I don’t like Hamas but unless Qatar agreed to this then Israel just bombed a foreign country. What’s to stop the us from shelling Toronto because they are harboring mangione who has been identified as a terrorist(hypothetically)

Iecorzu

Spdoink

As much as I despise Israel for their actions, I haven’t am ounce of sympathy for the Hamas leadership, either. Attacking Qatar and breaching international law is morally reprehensible. But so is hosting Hamas.

Overall I’d say: it’s the middle east, so every nation is awful. Only unarmed civilians I support. Though I’m not naive enough to think that a rather large fraction of them would readily pick up arms to murder their neighbour, when asked on any side of any conflict over there…

PileOfLife

SignificantAd1421

It's simple: Hamas declared war on Israel, and since then their leaders are legitimate military targets - wherever they are. No running for Hamas. No hiding for Hamas. Release the hostages and capitulate, or keep loosing the war they started.

ICA_Basic_Vodka

There would be a lot fewer dead Gazans if they’d done this a year and a half ago.

tkrr

The world is safer without Hamas leaders in it. 

A precision strike, with no civilian casualties. The only people upset about this are Hamas sympathizers. Hamas is terrible for Palestinians - the sooner they are all wiped out the sooner the region can be stabilized

BadasssHunkyDude

I dont like Hamas and that is all I will say

breadexpert69

Netanyahu has sacrificed the hostages. He does not care about human life. Not even that of his fellow citizens.

PoudreDeTopaze

Good for Israel. Strike where the enemy hides. This war isn't over until Hamas is gone.

Ryan_TX_85

if it killed some terrorists, i support it.

MittRomneysUnderwear

Party_Chemical7454

rufflebunny96

Here’s a hypothetical - say Qatar was aware of Israel’s plans. It’s really not that hard to believe. Then what do you think? Do we still need to bend into moral backflips to valorize Hamas just because since we hate Israel, Hamas has to somehow be the good guys?

throwawayyawaworth77

boozcruise21

I think Israel knows they have long lost the high ground, and decided to just go full out at this point.

TheMikeyMac13

Could not care less. Israel have said they will exterminate Hamas. I was just expecting them to send in Mossad and assassinate them in other countries but it seems they decided that just bruteforce it was the way to go.

VermicelliInformal46

Its Tuesday in the Middle East. To be expected 

TheUnknown-Writer

Very well done. I hope all of them are toast.

InstructionFit252

Regular-Prompt7402

I am curious on how they are able to precisely strike some guys living in a compound in Doha without killing any Qataris, yet, they need to murder 20,000 civilians to hit Hamas in Gaza.

Well, I am not curious because the answer is clear

jotakajk

I support Israel’s right to defend itself.  If you host terrorist in your country you assume the risk of being bombed.

Grouchy_Concept8572

RecordEnvironmental4

titizen7770

You cant just bomb another country.

I wouldnt say they set a precedent, as you can argue the "drone war" is more or less the same, but its disgusting and degenerate behaviour.

Helpful-Ad8537

Too little, too late, but at least its something

Tisiphone_Caesar

Hamas (and it's leaders that haven't put a step on Gaza soil for the last 10 years) has zero incentive to strike a deal of any kind. What is it in for them? In the "permanent negotiations" state they have money, world's support, PR, everybody interviews them... Peace deal and hostage release will leave them no leverage or future prospects.   
What do they really care about? Personal safety and well-being. Hotels and restaurants  in Doha are pretty fine, especially if the bills paid by Emir or by Muslim Brotherhood funds.   
So, what can be possibly done to cause them to change their stance?? Ask ChatGPT ;)

tushkanM

plump_specimen

Hamas deserves death no matter who's soil they're on.

borninabarnowl

Loved it. You don’t get to life a life of luxury in Qatar while holding hostages for years when you could have unilaterally released them at anytime and saved 1000s of civilian lives. America “struck” Pakistan when they killed osama when he was living there. I don’t see how this is different

fobygrassman

The19thStep

Anyone who doesn’t think this was fully coordinated with Qatar and America is a dumbass.

Dronite

Trump is doing everything he can to divert attention away from the Epstein files.

Without his permission nothing would have happened... he pushed Quatar to accept it.

Administrator90

Russia is going to kill Zelensky outside of Ukraine using this event as a precedent

Whatdoesthibattahndo

Tow cases: neither Qatar or the U.S. were aware, in which case this is a major breach of international law and diplomacy.

Case 2: Qatar and the U.S. were both aware, in which case this isn’t illegal or especially morally wrong, but it does hinder all further negotiations. 

Overall I don’t think it’s a net positive either way

CBT7commander

🇮🇪 here 

I'm not a military expert so I can't talk about the logistics of the mission and if there were failings on Qatar's part or collusion or what is more likely/possible but assuming that Israel did this without the knowledge or permission of Qatar, My opinion would be that,

1) I'm not surprised Israel would violate more international laws 
2) That it should be viewed as an escalation
3) This escalation should be met with sanctions from Arab countries, Israeli negotiating officials should be expelled, any Arab airspace still open to Israeli Aircraft should be closed. 
4) the Abraham Accords should be frozen and a statement from Arab countries along the lines of: We will not work toward the integration of Israel in the region until the following criteria are met: 

- a new Israeli government is formed who is willing to come to the negotiating table in good faith to end its campaign in Gaza and to return the captives on both sides

- a lasting solution that ends settlement of the Palestinian territories and that addresses existing settlement beyond the 1967 lines and allows for a viable Palestinian State in those areas 

- a solution to Jerusalem that is not at the expense of any of its residents, and respects the importance it holds to all the abrahamic religions 

- a return to a genuine ceasefire in southern Lebanon with a timetable of withdrawal that is reasonable to the efforts the Lebanese Army must undertake.

Qatar should also make public all the ways in which the current government has frustrated the ceasefire negotiations.


This statement should be made in Hebrew as well as English and Arabic and assurances should be made that once a new government is formed that accepts these criteria, the Arab states will settle their disputes, end sanctions and make peace with Israel.

KeyActivity9720

Israel is openly stating that donald trump is soft and won’t do anything about it, even for a supposed ally

danoakili

I think it’s those ppl that held back negotiations and Qatar and Israel were sick of this so Qatar told them to be in the same building, allowed Israel to come into their airspace and bomb them.
The USA for sure knew about this because Israel would never risk bombing a us ally without approval and also they would 90% be detected so it had to be planned

_roei_

I think it's a good thing, overall.

I think it was clear that Hamas was never going to accept the ceasefire agreement on the table, and that the timing of this in coordination with the Gaza City operation places a large amount of pressure on Hamas in Gaza, and they're now suffering from a lack of strategic and popular leadership they would otherwise rely on for guidance.

I hope for everyone's sake, and mostly the Palestinians sake, that they do the correct thing and hand over the hostages and start discussing ending this thing by offering up the remaining Hamas guys in exchange for Israeli withdrawal. I think Bibi needs a grand symbolic gesture to end the war, so the West needs to support and empower the Gazans to do that.

magicaldingus

Latter-Tangerine-951

Absolutely justified and hope these assholes got what they deserve. 

Iraqi_Tona

"we want peace"

- Hamas is finally starting to accept some ceasefire terms

- Kills Hamas leadership (what??)

- Ceasefire deal probably fails

"I told you we couldn't trust them"

Decent_Salmon

Very worried for the hostages, I'm afraid the government intentionally burned every last bridge so no one could stop the ongoing invasion (I'm Israeli)

GuardianSupernova

Appropriate_Gate_701

I wish we could get away with our actions like israel.

Kebab_Enjoyer3164

Justified. You cannot harbor a terrorist organization bent on the destruction of a sovereign nation state and that continually launches attacks, without consequences. Qatar was never neutral, and its exporting and funding of violent Islamist terror is unacceptable.

Such an attack may have dire consequences for the hostages, so whether it was wise is debatable. That is an internal Israeli conversation, however, and doesn't inform whether or not it was justified.

Complete-Proposal729

Illegal attacks on another country under international law are generally not good, unless you are Israel (which doesn't think intl law applies to it), or one of its brain-dead defenders (who can't comprehend what intl law means).

Fenton-227

Qatar knew:  
A Israel isnt getting bombed  
B no one said anything  
C it would benefit both israel and qatar

u__________________-

Clearly Israel does not want a peace deal.

koopdi

That Bibi really is running out of countries to bomb as a way to get out of his corruption trial.

Pretentiousbookworm

I'd be willing to bet that Qatar were forewarned about this behind the scenes and are 'condemning' it to save face. I seriously doubt Israel would risk starting an actual war with them, especially not now.

BudandCoyote

Friendly reminder that the Hamas leadership in Qatar are  multi-Billionaires who made their wealth through corruption; literally stealing aid money and lining their own pockets.

az78

ProfessorWild563

howdoyoulikethat

Theobviouschild11

Seems like Qatar was getting sick of hosting them if  they shared information on his location 

Adiv_Kedar3

byebye. Motherfuckers are burning in hell now.

Zealousideal-Sort127

LRHarrington

Good. Killing leadership of terror organizations is the best way to disrupt them.

go3dprintyourself

FowlZone

Should have carried out this strike on October 8, 2023.

Sell_The_team_Jerry

CinnamonHotcake

ProjectConfident8584

capsrock02

And another one goes and another one goes another one bites the dust

Callofboobies

May your hands never know sorrow, Yisrael. Baruch Hashem.

Many-Play2679

textandstage

The boys at Hamas are saying no such luck in killing their leaders 😕

Regular-Moose-2741

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Nice work. Fuck Hamas.

MustangWarrior2009

yespleasethanku

Iamnotdaredevil86

MedvedTrader

Here’s hoping this leads to a quicker hostage deal.

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Excellent, aside from it torpedoing negotiations. Aside from that, and assuming no long term geopolitical costs, it’s a great move.

cataractum

Mainstream media news reported that Israel told the US and the US told Qatar. They knew.

pipishortstocking

Unfortunately, Israeli policy now often seems to be driven more by what is best for Netanyahu than what is best for Israel. This strike looks to me like an example of that.

mps1729

As much as I loathe Hamas, killing the lead negotiators is more evidence that Netanyahu doesn't care about the hostages, or ever achieving any kind of peace deal, even an uneasy one. What is his plan? To beat Palestinians into loving us?

jondiced

Saw a post about this on Bluesky and oh, boy. How depressing. It's bad-mouthing Israel for toying with WW3 and attacking US ally. They sound just like MAGA pretending that Biden supporting Ukraine in defending itself will start WW3. No difference. No. Difference

Proud3GenAthst

Okay, I am locking this one down, too many uncivil comments and ragebaiters here.

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