As Israel launched an airstrike on a building in Doha, Qatar, where Hamas leaders were meeting, Qatari officials say they were discussing President Donald Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY from Israel.
Israel is facing global condemnation after its deadly airstrikes targeting Hamas officials inside Qatar, a key U.S. ally. “I was very unhappy about it,” President Donald Trump said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insisting the strike was fully justified because it targeted senior Hamas leaders responsible for the Oct. 7 attacks. According to Hamas officials,…
Poland says it shot down Russian drones that entered its airspace during a massive attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, calling it “an act of aggression” and “a large-scale provocation.” It marks the first time that Poland and NATO air defenses have engaged directly in the conflict. NBC’s Molly Hunter reports for TODAY.
Poland’s military said it scrambled its own and NATO allied air defenses to shoot down Russian drones on Wednesday after they crossed from neighboring Ukraine, the first time in the Ukraine war that Warsaw has engaged Russian assets in its airspace.
The president’s remarks came after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt read a statement saying the attack “does not advance Israel or America’s goals.”
Israel carried out a strike against Hamas’ senior leadership on Tuesday in Doha, the capital of Qatar, marking a significant escalation in Israel’s multifront conflict in the region.
Video captured the purported drone strike on a Gaza aid flotilla in Tunisian waters, according to organizers for the vessel. Tunisian authorities said the explosion came from inside the vessel, rejecting the claim it was hit off the country’s coast.
Tunisia denied accusations that a boat in a Gaza-bound flotilla was hit by a drone off its coast, saying the explosion came from inside the vessel. The Global Sumud Flotilla, an independent aid group, said that one of its main boats heading to the Gaza Strip had been struck by a drone in Tunisian waters.
At least 19 people were killed as protests broke out over a government attempt to regulate social media that blocked some of the world’s largest platforms.
Demonstrators in Nepal set fire to the home of the South Asian nation’s president and other top political leaders on Tuesday, as public anger simmered even after the government lifted a social media ban.
