Egypt’s FM heads to Qatar to show solidarity after Israeli attacks on Doha

CAIRO – 11 September 2025: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty headed to Doha, Qatar, to show Egypt’s full solidarity with Qatar, following the Israeli attacks on Qatar to assassinate Hamas senior leaders residing there.

On September 9, 2025, Israel launched 10 missiles and targeted a meeting of Palestinian leaders in the Qatari capital, Doha, while they were discussing means to reach a ceasefire agreement. The attack killed five Hamas officials and a Qatari security national, while the senior leaders like Khalil Al Hayah and Zaher Jabbrin survived the assassination attempt.

According to a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Abdelatty will conduct talks with Qatari senior officials. He will also discuss ways to deal with the Israeli escalation.

Egypt expressed on Tuesday its strong condemnation and denunciation of the aggression carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against Qatar.

In a presidency statement, it was stated that this attack is a ‘flagrant violation of international law and the principles of respect for the sovereignty of states and their territorial inviolability’.

Egypt affirmed in the statement that this attack sets a dangerous precedent and an unacceptable development and is considered a direct assault on the sovereignty of Qatar, which plays a key role in the mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.