Qatar is demanding that Israel apologises for its strike on Doha as a precondition to a resumption of its role as mediator between Israel and Hamas in Gaza ceasefire negotiations. The strike, conducted on 9 September and intended to kill Hamas' top leadership, sparked fury from Qatar and neighbouring states for violating Qatari sovereignty. Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani requested the apology during a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Doha on Tuesday, according to Axios. The report added that Qatar is willing to be flexible on the language used in the apology, and could agree to an apology that highlights the Qatari security official killed, compensates his family, and promises not to strike Qatar again. The strike, which was conducted in Doha's diplomatic quarter, killed five other people, all lower-level Hamas officials, and injured several civilians.