According to a report by ynet, the explosions heard in the Qatari capital Doha early Friday morning were caused by an Iranian missile attack. The Qatari government had sent a security alert to citizens' phones, and eyewitnesses reported loud blasts to Reuters. The report follows an earlier bulletin from The Zioneer that did not specify a cause.
ynet reported early Friday that the explosions heard in Doha, Qatar, were caused by an Iranian missile attack. The brief report, cited by The Zioneer's intelligence desk, did not provide further details on the scale of the attack or any casualties. The report emerged after a series of earlier unverified reports.
The Zioneer first reported unverified explosions in Qatar at 03:32 Jerusalem (Fri). Minutes later, at the same timestamp, reports of interception activity above Doha were published, followed by a third bulletin confirming explosions and noting that the Qatari government had sent a security alert to citizens' phones. At that stage, the cause was unknown. The evolution of the thread moved from unverified claims to confirmed explosions, but the cause remained unspecified until the ynet report.
Iran has previously been reported to have targeted Qatar, as The Zioneer reported on Thu Jul 9, 14:51 Jerusalem, citing an Israeli security-focused channel. Additionally, past explosions in Doha have been attributed to internal incidents, such as a factory fire on Jun 21 (as The Zioneer reported).
The ynet report is based on a single source and remains unverified. The Qatari government has not officially confirmed the cause of the explosions, and no details on casualties or the specific munitions used have been provided.
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