Axios: Netanyahu Pays High Price for Doha Attack Failure
The MEHR news agency, citing Lebanon’s Al-Nashra news site, reported that the American website Axios wrote that one week after the Zionist regime’s missile strikes on Qatar, it became clear that not onyl had the attempt to assassinate Hamas leaders failed, but it had also backfired. The attack intensified anti-Zionist sentiment within Donald Trump’s administration and around the world. It revealed Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, as a destabilizing factor in the region.
The report noted that Israel’s plan was to eliminate several senior Hamas leaders while they were meeting to discuss President Trump’s peace proposal concerning gaza. Quoting a senior Israeli official,it said Hamas was moving toward an agreement and Israel could have made progress within days; though,this attack undermined those negotiations.
Axios added that Netanyahu sought to increase pressure on Qatar to compel Hamas further. Instead, this strike triggered an international wave of solidarity with qatar. Dozens of Western and arab leaders issued statements condemning Israel and expressing support for Qatar.
The report pointed out that this disaster occurred just before the fifth anniversary of the Abraham Accords between Israel and UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco-a landmark signed under Trump who aimed to bring more countries into this alliance; now such expansion seems farther than ever.
Axios also cited another senior Israeli official involved in consultations before the strike who said Netanyahu enjoys ”bullying” tactics in the region and wants to project unpredictability about his next move.
Following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in occupied Jerusalem, Netanyahu acknowledged increasing international isolation of Israel but claimed this meant Tel Aviv must build economic self-sufficiency. He later tried to clarify that he referred specifically to weapon production independence; nonetheless, these remarks failed to prevent a decline in israel’s stock market.
