Israel: If We Didn’t Get Them This Time, We’ll Get Them the Next Time

Alsharq Tribune- Amira Younes 

Israeli Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, said in an interview on Fox News that if Israel could not kill the Hamas leaders in its strike on Qatar's Doha “we’ll get them the next time.”

“If we didn’t get them this time, we’ll get them the next time,” said Leiter when asked by Fox News’ “Special Report” whether Israel successfully targeted the Hamas chiefs.

He also said that he hopes the strike on Hamas leaders “will actually advance the efforts for a ceasefire and peace.” Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group's top figures gathered to consider a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Qatar has served as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas throughout the 23-month-old war and even before. It condemned what it referred to as a “flagrant violation of all international laws and norms" as smoke rose over its capital.

Hamas said in a statement Tuesday that its top leaders survived the strike but that five lower-level members were killed, including the son of Khalil al-Hayya — Hamas’ leader for Gaza and its top negotiator — as well as three bodyguards and the head of al-Hayya’s office.