Doha strike launched from Red Sea, US informed too late: WSJ
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The Wall Street Journal revealed that "Israel" launched missiles from the Red Sea in its attack on Qatar, flying over Saudi Arabia.
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Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, September 10, 2025.(AP)
The Wall Street Journal has reported new details on the recent Israeli attack on Qatar, revealing that the missiles used in the strike were launched from the Red Sea and flew through Saudi airspace. The newspaper emphasized that the information did not reach Washington in time to prevent the operation.
According to the report, the attack—carried out last Tuesday—was aimed at targeting Hamas leaders in Doha. US officials told the paper that "Israel" employed long-range missiles in order to avoid the direct airspace of Arab countries.
The strike was carried out using eight F-15s and four F-35 fighter jets, which launched the missiles from positions over the Red Sea.
Washington notified too late
The report said "Israel" notified the US military only minutes before the strike and withheld accurate details about the intended target.
U.S. space sensors captured the launch and trajectory of the missiles and confirmed Doha as the destination, the WSJ reported.
However, none of this information was received in time for Washington to act. A senior Pentagon official told the WSJ there was no way to stop the operation, describing the situation as absolutely unbelievable.
Israeli aggression on Doha aimed at entire negotiation process: Hamas
Hamas honored the martyrs killed in the Israeli attack on the Qatari capital, Doha, this Thursday, stating that the Palestinian people and their Resistance continue to demonstrate extraordinary resilience and sacrifice in the face of a brutal occupation.
On Thursday, a statement from the movement, delivered by its official Fawzi Barhoum, stressed that the blood of Hamas' leaders is not more valuable than that of the children of Gaza, al-Quds, and the West Bank, explaining that the crime "targeted not only the negotiating delegation but the entire negotiation process as a whole."
Barhoum added that "the battle with the occupation is not the battle of Gaza, nor of Hamas, nor of Palestine alone, but it is the battle of the entire nation."
The movement further considered the occupation's crime in Doha not merely an attack on Qatar alone, but "a declaration of war on the Arab nations," describing what occurred as "a premeditated crime targeting everything Qatar represents: the values of Arabism, Islam, and the support of the oppressed."
