Qatar warns expanded Israeli strikes 'undermine' mediation

Qatar condemned Israel's bombing Tuesday of Gaza's largest refugee camp and warned that expanded strikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave would "undermine mediation and de-escalation efforts".

The Qatari foreign ministry described the strike on Jabalia camp as a "new massacre against the defenceless Palestinian people", warning against "the expansion of Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip to include civilian targets", according to the official Qatar News Agency.

This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage shows Palestinians looking for survivors in a crater following a stike on a refugee camp in Jabalia on the northern Gaza Strip, on October 31, 2023, amid relentless Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian territory. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said at least 50 people were killed on October 31 in Israeli bombardment of the refugee camp in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Fadi Alwhidi / AFP)