{"id":1907,"date":"2026-09-30T10:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:03:44","slug":"qatar-pm-calls-netanyahu-a-war-criminal-over-gaza-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1907","title":{"rendered":"Qatar PM calls Netanyahu a \u2018war criminal\u2019 over Gaza strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Tuesday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal\u201d over Israel\u2019s military strikes in Gaza.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asked by British journalist Piers Morgan whether he considered Netanyahu a war criminal, Sheikh Mohammed said, \u201cOf course,\u201d arguing that attacks on hospitals and schools in Gaza could not be justified.<\/p>\n<p>He also accused Netanyahu of attacking Qatar politically to divert attention from the conduct of the Israeli government.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mohammed renewed Qatar\u2019s condemnation of Israel\u2019s September 9, 2025 strike on Doha when Qatar was mediating between the group and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The attack killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were attacked by Israel while we were mediating,\u201d he said, describing it as an unprecedented attack on a mediator and accusing Netanyahu of crossing another \u201cline\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the tensions, Sheikh Mohammed said Qatar would continue to prioritise diplomacy and remain engaged with both Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to do our best to give the best advice to the US government on how to reach a solution, as well as to the Iranians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He identified three key issues that needed to be addressed to ease the wider regional conflict: Iran\u2019s nuclear programme and sanctions, freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, and regional security arrangements involving Iran and Gulf Cooperation Council states.<\/p>\n<p>He said any regional security framework should be based on dialogue, non-interference and non-aggression, alongside greater economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said Doha was continuing its mediation efforts and carrying messages between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ansari said Qatar remained concerned about further military escalation and was working towards a peaceful solution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Tuesday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal\u201d over Israel\u2019s military strikes in Gaza. Asked by British journalist Piers Morgan whether he considered Netanyahu a war criminal, Sheikh Mohammed said, \u201cOf course,\u201d arguing that attacks on hospitals and schools in Gaza could not be justified. He also accused Netanyahu of attacking Qatar politically to divert attention from the conduct of the Israeli government. Sheikh Mohammed renewed Qatar\u2019s condemnation of Israel\u2019s September 9, 2025 strike on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}