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I'm Asma Khalid in Washington DC.
I'm Tristan Redman in London and this is The Global Story.
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I'm Tim Franks.
We're beginning with the news that the Emir of Qatar is absolutely seaving.
At least it seems that way, from what he's had to say today,
six days after Israel launched its aerial assault on his emirate in an attempt to kill the leaders of Hamas,
based currently in the Qatari capital Doha.
The emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani was speaking at what was billed as an emergency summit of Arab and Muslim leaders following that lethal Israeli airstrike.
If Israel wants to assassinate Hamas' political leadership, why is it negotiating with them?
And if it wants to negotiate for the release of hostages,
why is it assassinating everyone with whom it could negotiate?
And how are we supposed to receive in our country Israeli delegations for negotiations,