Qatar – which is known for supporting Hamas, financing its military activity and sheltering its leaders, and for extending media support to Hamas by means of its Al-Jazeera channel – also trained, in its Police College in Al-Rayyan,[1] officers from Hamas' Interior and National Security Ministry, which is part of Hamas' governing authorities in the Gaza Strip. Hamas officers
An October 10, 2023 article in the London-based Emirati daily Al-Arab addressed the Qatari offer to broker a prisoner-exchange deal between Hamas and Israel following Hamas' large-scale attack in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed, thousands were wounded and dozens were abduced to the Gaza Strip. The article states that Qatar's mediation offer is meant to cover for the fact