Members of the media gather at the press room reserved for the coverage of the upcoming Arab-Islamic summit, organised to discuss the recent Israeli attack on Qatar, in Doha on September 14, 2025. AFP
The proposals developed by the foreign ministers during the preparatory meeting will be formally presented at the summit, which aims to coordinate a unified regional response to Tel Aviv’s strike, according to Qatari foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari.
Al-Ansari told the Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the summit reflects “broad Arab and Islamic solidarity with the State of Qatar in the face of Israel’s cowardly aggression that targeted residential premises of several Hamas leaders... and the categorical rejection of the state terrorism practiced by Israel.”
The emergency summit, held amid widespread regional and global condemnation of the attack on Doha and Tel Aviv's 23-month-long genocidal war on Gaza, will be attended by leaders of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states, including Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Malaysia.
Local and regional media have suggested that leaders may discuss a new Arab-Islamic cooperation framework.
Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said Doha is consulting with regional partners on how to respond to Tuesday’s attack, stressing that Qatar will not dictate how its allies respond.
Separately, Doha has called on the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism to condemn the Israeli strike on a residential compound in Qatar, citing civilian terror and property destruction.
Qatar’s delegation in Geneva stressed the need to prevent impunity, urging the UN to document violations, hold Israel accountable, and take measures to prevent similar attacks in the future.
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