Hamas: Israel opening door to extremism in region
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has sent an urgent memorandum to Arab and Muslim foreign ministers and international organizations about Israel’s attempt to assassinate its Gaza ceasefire negotiators in the Qatari capital.
In the memorandum on Sunday, Hamas emphasized that it has exercised maximum flexibility to halt the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Still, the regime has sabotaged every agreement through assassinations, adding new conditions, and committing massacres.
The group holds Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime fully responsible for the attack, accusing it of violating Qatar’s sovereignty and sabotaging ceasefire efforts to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The group also said that Israel reneged on a January 17, 2025 agreement, resuming attacks with "massacres, displacement, and starvation" despite Hamas’s compliance.
Hamas further referenced the assassination of its former leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, saying it occurred despite the group’s acceptance of a mediation initiative. The memorandum said Netanyahu’s regime is pursuing a policy of "genocide and forced displacement" in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Jerusalem al-Quds, warning that Israel’s war risk fueling extremism and terrorism globally.
It added that Israel has used ceasefire negotiations only as a cover to buy time for further crimes.
The movement said it seeks to achieve the Palestinian people’s rights to freedom and independence, and its leaders must not be treated as military targets.
Hamas warned that the far-right Israeli regime is opening a dangerous door to extremism and terrorism in the region and the world.
It urged the international community, as well as Arab and Islamic countries, to pressure Israel to stop the genocide in Gaza, end its international law violations, and boycott and isolate Israel politically and economically.
On September 9, Israel launched airstrikes on the headquarters of Hamas in Doha, in what was described as an “assassination operation” that claimed the lives of several members of the movement as well as a Qatari security officer.
The top Hamas leadership, including Khalil al-Hayya, Khaled Meshal, and Zaher Jabarin, survived the assassination attempt.
Following the deadly strike, Qatar decried Israel’s “cowardly” assault as “state terrorism,” promising to respond to the strikes.
Qatar has been a key regional mediator in negotiations between Hamas and Israel.
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