Today is Wednesday, September 10th. We're talking about how the war in the Middle East may have expanded with an unprecedented attack.

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This week, Israel launched an airstrike over the capital of Qatar, taking the war to another American ally.

Senior Hamas officials were having a meeting there, and they were the target. The strike came after Hamas claimed responsibility

for a shooting in Jerusalem earlier this week that killed six Israelis. Well, the terror group says

their leaders in Qatar all survived, but some people affiliated with the group were killed.

And now Israel is dealing with the diplomatic fallout. Katari officials called it a blatant violation of all international

laws and norms and said their country has a right to respond. But at this point, it's not

clear how they might do that. The UK, France, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, and others also condemned

Israel's action. President Trump

wrote on Truth Social that he feels badly about the location of the attack, since Qatar is, as he

put it, bravely taking risks with us to broker peace. But he also said eliminating Hamas was a worthy

goal. Qatar's prime minister says the U.S. warned his government and attack was coming

10 minutes after it

already happened. At this point, it's not clear what this all means for the future of ceasefire

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