In statements to the Qatari Al Jazeera channel, Hamad explained that the movement's experience "with the US administration as mediators has been bitter. We have come a long way in dealing with the US proposals, especially with the US envoy (Steve) Witkoff."
He added that the US administration had committed two major mistakes: "The first was that they lacked credibility. Every time they were contacted in one way or another, they would present a proposal and then retract it." He said that they were "completely complicit with the Israeli side and in adopting its positions and policies regarding the aggression against the Gaza Strip."
He explained that the second mistake "was Washington's giving Israel the green light to assassinate the Palestinian negotiating delegation inside Qatar," referring to the recent attack on Doha.
In this context, he said, "Qatar is playing a significant and appreciated mediation role. They received the American proposal overnight, and hours later, (US President Donald) Trump told the Israelis to go and kill the negotiating delegation inside a friendly country allied with the United States. I don't know how this is going? This is causing the US to lose its credibility and ability to serve as a mediator."
He pointed out that the American side "did not play any positive role in the negotiations," emphasizing that Trump "adopts the Israeli position and supports genocide," describing any talk of Trump's desire to stop the Israeli genocide in Gaza as "misleading."
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Regarding the attack on Doha, Hamad said that while they were studying the American proposal they received from Qatar, the Israeli army launched a "horrific and intense bombardment, with missiles falling in succession without pause. About 12 missiles were fired in less than a minute."
He added, "Targeting Doha was a clear message to everyone that Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Amman, and Baghdad are all targeted. Every place is targeted in the face of this insane chaos and bloodlust, and the issue of aggression and a sense of arrogance and tyranny, and that the occupation is capable of bombing every Arab capital."
On September 9, the Israeli occupation army launched an airstrike against the Hamas leadership in Doha. Qatar condemned the attack, asserting that it reserved the right to respond to the attack, which killed a member of the Qatari internal security forces.
Meanwhile, Hamas announced that its negotiating delegation, led by its head in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, survived an assassination attempt, and that its office director, Jihad Labad, his son, Humam al-Hayya, and three bodyguards were killed.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving 65,062 Palestinians dead and 165,697 injured, most of them children and women, and a famine that has claimed the lives of 428 Palestinians, including 146 children.
