Qatar to host Islamic-Arab summit to discuss 'united action' after Israeli strikes
Iran Press TV
Thursday, 11 September 2025 7:01 PM
Qatar has announced that Doha will soon host an emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha to discuss the Israeli airstrikes on the Persian Gulf state's capital city.
The official Qatari News Agency (QNA), citing the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reported that the emergency Arab-Islamic summit will be held from September 14 to 15 in the capital, Doha.
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during a visit to Qatar, also confirmed that the summit will be held in Doha in the coming days to decide on a course of action.
Baffled by the attacks on Doha, regional leaders are now rallying around Qatar.
"There is a collective response that should happen from the region," Al Nahyan said.
Some media reports, citing sources, said that participants at the Doha summit were expected to discuss cutting all diplomatic and financial ties with the Israeli entity.
Observers maintain that Israeli strikes on Doha also undermine the spirit of the US-backed deal that saw Israel normalize relations with three Arab states.
Qatar has reacted with fury to the brazen attack on its soil, calling it "cowardly" and "barbaric."
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has already vowed to respond and said the country is consulting with its regional allies to present a united action.
Al Thani also said that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu "needs to be brought to justice."
The Qatari premier said that Doha was "reassessing everything" in regard to its mediation efforts, potentially putting a nail in the coffin of the months-long efforts to reach a deal to free the captives held by resistance groups in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old Israeli aggression against the blockaded Palestinian territory.
The Israeli attack has also reportedly driven a wedge between the United States, a key backer of the Tel Aviv regime, and Qatar.
The Qatari prime minister has denied claims that the state of Qatar had received prior notification from the United States before the Israeli attack.
He stressed that the first call from an American official came ten minutes after the strike.
An Axios report said Al Thani had told White House envoy Steve Witkoff that Qatar will reevaluate its security partnership with Washington, "and maybe find some other partners" who can protect the Persian Gulf emirate.
The Israeli airstrike on Tuesday targeted a meeting of top leaders from the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas as they were said to be gathered at the group's political offices in Doha to discuss a new US-sponsored ceasefire proposal aimed at ending the war in Gaza.
Hamas confirmed that its senior negotiators survived the attack, but five members of the group were killed.
Netanyahu on Wednesday once again threatened to try to kill Hamas leaders in Qatar again if Doha "does not expel" the group's officials.
Qatar has hit back at Netanyahu, denouncing his remarks as "Islamophobic" and "reckless" and describing them as "explicit threats of future violations of state sovereignty."
The Israeli aggression drew a deluge of criticism from world leaders, regional resistance groups, as well as many international and religious organizations.
In just three days, Israel has launched attacks in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia, and Qatar, while continuing daily raids in the occupied West Bank.
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