Hamas claims leadership survived Israeli attack in Doha
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The Qatari prime minister has denounced Israel's attack on Hamas leaders in his country as 'treacherous', saying it was aimed at sabotaging Gaza ceasefire talks. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani added that the United States -- an ally -- had informed Qatar of the Israeli strikes ten minutes after they began. Hamas said five of its members had been killed, but it said the attempt to assassinate its negotiating team had failed. Also: ICC hears war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader, Joseph Kony, and scientists warn polar "geoengineering" projects won't protect environment against climate change.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.9 | I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 10th of September, these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.9 | Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he ordered the strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar's capital, Doha. |
| 0:20.3 | But Hamas claims its leadership team survived. |
| 0:23.9 | The International Criminal Court has opened its war crimes case against Joseph Konyer, the leader |
| 0:29.7 | of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. |
| 0:35.8 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:40.6 | The Earth's poles are melting and melting fast, |
| 0:44.7 | and for some researchers, desperate times call for desperate measures. |
| 0:51.3 | But now, polar scientists are warning that new controversial approaches to fighting climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic are dangerous and unlikely to work. |
| 1:00.3 | We begin in Doha, the capital of the Gulf state of Qatar. |
| 1:16.3 | Where explosions were heard on the ground on Tuesday. |
| 1:21.6 | Sharmi, a Philippine woman, was close to the building in Doha, targeted by Israel. I was in my room, and then I heard a loud bang three times before I go outside. |
| 1:27.9 | And then when I go outside, so a lot of birds on the sky coming from the other side. |
| 1:34.3 | I was really nervous. |
| 1:35.6 | I locked the door because I'm alone. |
| 1:38.3 | So I lock everything. |
| 1:40.7 | I'm scared. |
| 1:41.6 | Shortly afterwards, Israel said it carried out a strike targeting the senior leadership of Hamas. |
| 1:47.8 | They're said to have been holding a meeting to discuss the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal. |
| 1:53.1 | Qatar has served as a mediator in talks between Israel and Hamas, |
| 1:57.3 | and the group's exiled leadership has been based there for many years. |
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