Israeli president defends Doha strike
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Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani excoriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an exclusive interview with CNN on Wednesday, calling Israel’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Doha “barbaric.
Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Wednesday in response to an Israeli attack in Qatar, Poland's downing of drones in its airspace and a push by the U.S. for new sanctions on buyers of Russian oil, although concerns about excess crude supply capped gains.
Israel’s Doha strike echoes past dilemmas, from Ariel Sharon’s 2003 near-miss to Mossad hits abroad, showing how opportunity and diplomacy clash. Israel’s daring strike on a Hamas redoubt in Doha on Monday apparently failed to kill its intended targets,