Israeli bombs target Hamas in Qatar

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

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Israel struck a building in Doha on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says housed Hamas leadership. The attack comes as Qatar was trying to help negotiate a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Reuters’ Andrew Mills, who was just blocks away when the attack happened, explains more from Doha.

And, new data about student test scores shows major declines in reading and math, with fewer students being college-ready by high school graduation. Erica Meltzer from Chalkbeat breaks down the data.

Then, the book “Science Under Siege” details politically and ideologically motivated attacks on science and how the scientific community can fight back. Co-authors Michael Mann and Peter Hotez join us.

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0:00.0	Support for here and now anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
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0:17.5	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:22.9	I condemn this fragrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar.
0:29.8	All parties must work towards achieving a permanent ceasefire, not destroying it.
0:36.2	Israel bombs Qatar, blowing up a building in Doha and possibly any ceasefire deal that might
0:43.5	have been on the table for Gaza.
0:53.7	It's Tuesday, September 9th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR.
0:59.6	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:02.8	Today on the show, test scores are dropping for American students in science, math, and reading.
1:10.8	We'll scrutinize the nation's report card.
1:14.7	Also, climate scientist Michael Mann and vaccine researcher Peter Hottes
1:19.2	speak out against what they call organized attacks on scientific integrity.
1:24.4	It's not just random junk out there on the Internet.
1:26.5	It's organized, as politically motivated, on the internet. It's organized. It's politically
1:28.1	motivated and it's financially motivated. Science under siege coming up at about 10 minutes.
1:35.3	But first, the Israeli military says it has carried out an airstrike on political leaders of Hamas in Doha.
1:43.7	It appears to be the first time Israel has attacked
1:46.9	the country of Qatar, home to a major U.S. military base and the site of peace negotiations between
1:53.5	Israel and Hamas in the past. We heard the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres
1:59.2	at the top of the show, condemning the
2:01.5	Israeli attack as a, quote, flagrant violation of international law.
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