UN slams Israel's Qatar attack as assault on 'regional peace and stability' | International

GENEVA, Sept 16, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The United Nations rights chief warned on Tuesday that Israel's airstrike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar last week threatened regional peace and stability and urged "accountability for unlawful killings". "Israel's strike on negotiators in Doha on September 9 was a shocking breach of international law," Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council. Israel targeted Hamas leaders last week in strikes on the Qatari capital, killing five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer. The attack drew widespread international condemnation, including from Gulf monarchies allied with the United States, Israel's main backer. Opening an urgent debate on the strike before the council, Turk described it as "an assault on regional peace and stability, and...