Qatar Files Complaint with UN Aviation Body over Israeli Airstrike on Doha
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Qatar has formally complained to the United Nations' civil aviation agency, condemning an Israeli airstrike on its capital that it says targeted a residential compound and violated international law.
The Persian Gulf country on Saturday submitted an official letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) condemning Israel’s Sept. 9 armed assault in Doha, which targeted the residential premises of Hamas political bureau members and resulted in casualties.
The letter was delivered by Abdullah Al-Malki, Qatar’s permanent representative to ICAO, to the president of the ICAO Council, according to the Qatari news agency, QNA.
In its letter, Qatar stressed that the assault represented a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty and the provisions of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation.”
The Persian Gulf state affirmed that it “retains all its rights under international law.”
On Sept. 9, Israel attacked a residential compound in Doha, killing five Hamas members as they were discussing a US proposal to end the war in Gaza, where nearly 65,200 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
