U.N. rights council to debate Israel assault on Qatar on Sept. 16

The United Nations Human Rights Council stated it could host an pressing debate on Tuesday (September 16, 2025) on Israel’s airstrike concentrating on Hamas leaders in Qatar.

The council stated on Monday (September 15, 2025) the controversy can be convened after it obtained two official requests, one from Pakistan on behalf of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the opposite from Kuwait on behalf of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.

The U.N. council stated its tenth pressing debate since its creation in 2006 would “talk about the latest army aggression carried out by the State of Israel towards the State of Qatar on 9 September 2025’”.

Israel focused Hamas leaders final week in strikes on the Qatari capital, killing 5 Hamas members and a Qatari safety officer.

The assault drew widespread worldwide condemnation, together with from Gulf monarchies allied with the United States, Israel’s most important backer.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes up Qatar strike unease with Netanyahu

The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on Monday (September 15, 2025) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s very important ally voices unease over air strikes on Qatar that threaten to derail already flailing makes an attempt to achieve a Gaza ceasefire.

Mr. Rubio scheduled a solidarity go to per week earlier than a French-led summit on the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state, a prospect fervently opposed by Mr. Netanyahu’s right-wing authorities.

But talks will as an alternative be tougher as President Donald Trump’s administration was caught off guard final week when Israel carried out an assault in Qatar towards Hamas leaders who have been assembly to debate a brand new U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza.

Mr. Trump, for years a fervent defender of MNr*. Netanyahu, on Sunday (September 14, 2025) once more voiced assist for Qatar, which is dwelling to the biggest US air base within the area and has assiduously courted the U.S. President, together with by gifting a luxurious jet.

“Qatar has been a really nice ally. Israel and everybody else, we’ve to watch out. When we assault individuals we’ve to watch out,” Mr. Trump instructed reporters.

Mr. Rubio, who will later deal with the press with Mr. Netanyahu, stated as he left Washington that “clearly we’re not glad” concerning the strike however added: “Now we have to transfer ahead and determine what comes subsequent”.

Mr. Rubio stated he would communicate to Netanyahu about Israeli army plans to grab Gaza City, the biggest city centre within the devastated territory, in addition to the federal government’s speak of annexing elements of the occupied West Bank in hopes of precluding a Palestinian state.

Mr. Rubio stated Mr. Trump desires the Gaza battle to be “completed with” — which might imply the discharge of hostages and guaranteeing Hamas is “not a menace”.

The battle was sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 assault on Israel, which resulted within the deaths of 1,219 individuals, most of them civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally of official figures.

Israel’s retaliatory marketing campaign in Gaza has killed a minimum of 64,871 individuals, additionally principally civilians, in accordance with figures from the well being ministry in Hamas-run Gaza that the United Nations considers dependable.