At a press conference, senior Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum condemned the attack, calling it a ‘brutal and treacherous aggression’ targeting Hamas’s negotiating delegation in Doha. Barhoum said the strike deliberately targeted the negotiation process itself, as the Hamas team was reviewing a new Qatari proposal at the time. He argued that Israel’s actions not only sought to assassinate Hamas leaders but also to undermine Qatar and Egypt’s mediation and to reject ceasefire efforts. The Hamas members killed in the strike were named as Jihad Labbad (Abu Bilal), Hammam Hayya (Abu Yahya), Abdullah Abdulwahid (Abu Khalil), Mu’min Hassouneh (Abu Omar), and Ahmed Abdel Malik (Abu Malik). ‘This battle is not just about Gaza, Hamas, or Palestine.