Israel has carried out unprecedented strikes on Qatar targeting Hamas’ senior leadership in a move that threatens to further destabilise the Middle East.

Huge billows of smoke could be seen rising above the Qatari capital of Doha on Tuesday while videos showed people running for cover during Israeli airstrikes.

The IDF said that it and the Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, had ‘conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership’ of Hamas, while Doha condemned the ‘cowardly’ attack, described as a ‘flagrant violation to all international law’. Continues…