In a televised address to the Saudi Shura Council, Bin Salman said, "We reject and condemn the Israeli occupation's attacks in the region, the latest of which was the brutal aggression against Qatar, which requires collective Arab, Islamic, and international action to stop it and deter Israel from its criminal practices."
The Saudi Crown Prince continued: "We will stand with our sisterly State of Qatar in all its actions without limit, and we will harness all our capabilities to achieve this."
Qatar announced on Tuesday that Israel had launched a "cowardly attack targeting the residential headquarters of several members of Hamas's political bureau in Doha." The Israeli military later confirmed that it had "targeted Hamas' leadership" in the Qatari capital in coordination with the Shin Bet security service.
Hamas confirmed that its negotiating delegation, headed by Khalil al-Hayya, survived the assassination attempt. However, its office director, Jihad Labad, and his son, Humam al-Hayya, along with three of their companions and a Qatari security officer, were killed.
During his speech, the Saudi Crown Prince emphasized the Kingdom's rejection of continued Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza, saying, "The land of Gaza is Palestinian, and the rights of its people are inalienable and cannot be taken away by aggression or nullified by threats. Our position is firm: to protect rights and work diligently to prevent violations."
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He also recalled the "Arab Peace Initiative" launched by Saudi Arabia in 2002, considering it "the most important path to achieving a Palestinian state." He emphasized that the international conference to implement the two-state solution, hosted by Riyadh and France last July in New York, represented "an unprecedented international mobilization in support of the recognition of Palestine."
The conference issued the "New York Declaration" on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the two-state solution. It called for the recognition of the State of Palestine and granting it full membership in the United Nations, replacing the status of "non-member observer state" that has existed since 2012.
Subsequently, several countries, including Britain, France, Australia, Canada, and Belgium, announced their intention to recognize Palestine during the UN General Assembly meetings scheduled for September 9-23.
Of the 193 member states of the international organization, at least 149 countries recognize the Palestinian state declared by the Palestinian leadership in exile in 1988.
