Qatar to host emergency Arab-Islamic summit over Israeli strike on Doha

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari told the state-run Qatar News Agency that foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic countries will gather Sunday to draft a statement ahead of the leaders’ meeting. Al Ansari said the summit comes at a critical time, underscoring Arab and Islamic solidarity with Qatar in the face of what he called the “cowardly Israeli aggression” that targeted the homes of several Hamas leaders in Doha. He added that the summit also reflects a united rejection of what he described as “state terrorism” carried out by Israel. On Tuesday, Israel carried out an unprecedented airstrike in Doha, hitting a building...