Israel strikes Qatar; National Guard in D.C.; Trump’s signature; the new iPhone Air; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 10 September 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Israel carried out an airstrike in Qatar. |
| 0:07.0 | That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Hannah Jewell. |
| 0:11.7 | It's Wednesday, September 10th. |
| 0:13.9 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:29.4 | The Israeli military carried out an airstrike yesterday on the villa of a senior Hamas leader in Qatar's capital, Doha. |
| 0:35.1 | It was an attempt to assassinate much of the Palestinian militant group's political leadership. |
| 0:39.6 | But Hamas said the attack failed to kill any of its senior figures. Qatar is a key intermediary in talks between Hamas and Israel to reach a ceasefire in |
| 0:46.9 | Gaza and to free Israeli hostages. At the time of the attack, Hamas was considering a ceasefire |
| 0:53.6 | proposal recently put forward by the Trump administration. |
| 0:57.5 | But Israel's strike has thrown those diplomatic efforts into turmoil. |
| 1:02.5 | President Donald Trump condemned the attack on a U.S. ally. |
| 1:07.1 | Qatar hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. |
| 1:10.8 | Trump said he did not greenlight the strike. I'll be giving a... Qatar hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. |
| 1:13.9 | Trump said he did not greenlight the strike. |
| 1:19.3 | I'll be giving a full statement tomorrow, but I would tell you this. |
| 1:24.7 | I was very unhappy about it, very unhappy about every aspect, and we've got to get the hostages back, but I was very unhappy about the way that went down. |
| 1:29.1 | Qutari officials accused Israel of trying to sabotage the ceasefire talks. |
| 1:35.0 | Over nearly two years of its war in Gaza, Israel has carried out strikes on five countries, in addition to the Palestinian territory. |
| 1:43.6 | Music five countries, in addition to the Palestinian territory. |
| 1:55.7 | The National Guard is collecting public assessments on its D.C. mission, and they're not favorable. That's number two. President Trump has said the activation of more than 2,300 National Guard |
| 2:04.2 | Troops in the nation's capital was necessary to reduce crime. But data maintained by the D.C. |
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