UAE summons Israel envoy over 'cowardly' Qatar attack

The United Arab Emirates said it summoned Israel's deputy ambassador on Friday, in a formal rebuke of his country's unprecedented attack against Hamas leaders in Gulf neighbour Qatar. The UAE, along with Bahrain, was the first Gulf country to normalise ties with Israel in 2020 and has been a frequent critic of its actions since the start of the Gaza war. It issued sharp condemnations of Tuesday's deadly strike on Qatar. Friday's rare summoning was the strongest in a chorus of condemnations as anger boils in the Gulf over Israel's strike on a region long shielded from Middle Eastern conflicts. "Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, summoned the Israeli Deputy Head of Mission in the...