29/6/2025–|Last update: 05:32 (Mecca time)
CNN said Senior Qatari officials were in a meeting with the Qatari Prime Minister and the Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani To find ways to calm the conflict between Iran and Israel when the Qatari Ministry of Defense employees contacted them to warn them of the upcoming Iranian missiles.
CNN quoted Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid Al Ansari that the Iranian attack was surprising, noting that early warning and intelligence information indicated that Iranian missile batteries moved towards Qatar earlier that day, but there was nothing certain until a short time before the attack.
“With the approaching attack, it became clear that their missile systems were ready and had a clear idea an hour before the attack The rule of many The air will be targeted. “
The spokesman for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Majid Al -Ansari, also explained that the Qatari officials were informed at about seven in the evening local time from the Qatari army that the Iranian missiles were launched towards the base of many, according to CNN.
CNN – quoting Al -Ansari – said that the Qatari armed forces deployed 300 members of the armed forces and activated Qatari Patriot missile batteries in two sites to tackle 19 Iranian missiles.
She pointed out, according to the source, that the Qatari forces were in coordination with the United States, but the defensive operation was under Qatari leadership, noting that 7 missiles were intercepted before they reached the Qatari lands, while 11 missiles were intercepted over Doha without damage and one missile fell in an uninhabited area with the rule of many causing slight damage.
Al -Ansari added that Doha received intelligence information from Washington, but it did not receive any direct warning about the attack from Iran, saying that “the Iranians told us months ago that if an American attack on Iranian soil, this would make the rules hosting American forces in the region legitimate targets.”
He stressed by saying, “We do not deal lightly with our country’s exposure to a missile attack from any party and we will never do so as part of political maneuvers and we will not endanger our people and missiles just to reach a political result. This was a complete surprise to us.”
“CNN” – quoting the same source – indicates that at the moments after the attack, the US President called Donald Trump The Emir of Qatar, the Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani He told him that the Israelis are ready to agree to the ceasefire, and asked him to do the same with the Iranians, as well as a call from the United States that the ceasefire is a possible way for regional security has opened.
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the Iranian attack that targeted last Monday evening the Al -Kadid air base, and said that the attack is a flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty, air field and international law, noting that Qatar “reserves the right to respond in proportion to the form and size of the blatant attack and what is compatible And international law“.
The Qatari Ministry of Defense also said that the air defenses intercepted a missile attack targeting the Al -Aida air base, adding, “By the grace of God and the vigilance of the armed forces and precautionary measures, the accident did not result in any deaths or injuries.”