Several outlets are now reporting that the Chairman of the Political Bureau, Khalil al-Hayya, and a majority of other members of the Hamas meeting delegation survived today’s Israeli strike on the Qatari capital of Doha, while Khalil al-Hayya’s son, Hammam al-Hayya, and his office director, Jihad Labd, were killed.

Israel informed the United States that today’s attack against Hamas leadership in the Qatari capital of Doha was coming, and the U.S. in turn notified Qatar, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.

Alerts now in Central Israel following the launch of a ballistic missile by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

The Singha Durbar “Lion’s Palace” in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, has been entirely destroyed by a fire set earlier today amidst ongoing anti-government riots and civil unrest throughout the country, with the Nepali Army announcing earlier tonight that it would be assuming responsibility for law and order beginning at 10:00pm NPT.

UPDATE: The Israel Defense Force has confirmed the successful interception of a ballistic missile launched earlier by the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen at Central Israel.

Hamas has released its first official statement since today’s Israeli strike against a meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha, stating that all members of the delegation survived the attack, while Jihad Labad (Abu Bilal), Director of Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya's Office; Hammam Al-Hayya (Abu Yahya), Son of Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya; Abdullah Abdul Wahid (Abu Khalil); Moamen Hassouna (Abu Omar); Ahmed Al-Mamluk (Abu Malik), were killed, alongside a Qatari security officer.

According to the White House, President Donald J. Trump was only notified about today’s Israeli strike against the Qatari capital of Doha during the attack, ordering Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to inform Qatar. The White House adds that the president “feels very badly” about the location of the strike and has assured Qatar that there will be no further attacks against its territory, afterwards he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar does not advance Israel or America’s goals — The president views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States, and feels very badly about the location of this attack,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Sébastien Lecornu to be his next Prime Minister, following the resignation of and collapse yesterday of the government led by Prime Minister François Bayrou.

The White House is continuing to deny that President Donald J. Trump wrote, drew, or signed the birthday letter initially revealed by the Wall Street Journal and recently provided by the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein to the House Oversight Committee.

Poland has announced that it will be completely closing its border with Belarus, as well as all rail crossings, beginning Thursday at 12:00am, in response to the Russian-led large-scale military exercise, “Zapad-2025” which will begin on Friday, September 12th, and last until the 16th. The exercise, which is set to take place in Belarus and Western Russia, will potentially including drills on the use of nuclear weapons and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, with NATO Forces in Poland and the Baltics expected to carry out their own exercise along the border with Belarus and Russia.

According to Axios’ Barak Ravid, today’s strike by Israel against Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital of Doha has stunned the White House and infuriated some of President Trump’s top advisers because it came as the U.S. was waiting for Hamas to respond to Trump's new proposal for a hostage deal and peace agreement in the Gaza Strip.

The United States was provided no “early-warning” of the operation, with the first signs being when the U.S. Air Force spotted Israeli fighter jets flying east over Syria and Iraq toward the Persian Gulf, but by the time Israel had provided clarification, missiles were already in the air, three U.S. officials say.

Once President Trump was briefed on the imminent strike, he instructed Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to immediately notify the Qataris. A U.S. official said by the time Witkoff reached them, the bombs had already hit their target in Doha. On Monday, Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, met in Miami with Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Although Dermer was apparently in the know, he didn't say anything about the plans to strike Qatar.

The Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, has stated that they were notified of today’s Israeli attack against Doha by the U.S. ten minutes after it had already occurred, adding that Qatar reserves the right to respond against Israel.

Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-born Israeli human rights activist and researcher who was kidnapped by Kata'ib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shia paramilitary group part of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), in Baghdad back in March of 2023, has been released and is being safely held at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

U.S. President Trump confirms the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov by Kata'ib Hezbollah in Iraq:

Following today’s Israeli attack against Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital of Doha, U.S. President Donald J. Trump states that he has instructed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to finalize an upcoming Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between the United States and Qatar.

The Deputy Chief of the Qatari Embassy in Washington calls today’s Israeli attack against a meeting of Hamas leaders in Doha, an “unethical act of terrorism.” Adding that, “Such actions stem from a reprehensible mindset associated with terrorism.”

Almost all markets have now come to the consensus that there will not be a meeting this year between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Russia continues with its campaign of terror bombing against cities throughout Ukraine, including the capital of Kyiv. Traders on Polymarket predict that there is less than a 18% chance that Zelensky and Putin will meet anywhere before January 2026.