An Unprecedented Attack On September 9, 2025, Israel bombed Qatar’s capital, Doha, in an open act of aggression against a sovereign and

Qatar’s capital city Doha was rocked by an explosion on Tuesday, reports said. AP's initial report claimed that the source of explosion was not immediately clear. The agency reported that smoke was visible in social media footage of Doha's horizon. Al Jazeera, Qatar's state-funded broadcaster, acknowledged the explosion, without elaborating.

Explosions have gone off in Qatar's capital Doha, with smoke visible, AFP reports. An unnamed senior Israeli official said it was an Israeli strike against senior Hamas officials, Times of Israel reported. Axios journalist Barak David also wrote about this on his X page.

Israel also attacked at least three targets in Syria on Monday, Charles Lister of the Middle East Institute flagged on social media. Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry condemned those attacks on social media on Tuesday, describing them as a “flagrant violation of international law and the 1974 Disengagement Agreement between Syria and Israel.”

An explosion rang out Tuesday in Qatar's capital city Doha. It wasn't immediately clear what exploded. Smoke could be seen in social media footage on the horizon. Qatar is an energy-rich nation on the Arabian Peninsula.

Trump's meeting with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani comes after Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar.