# Israeli ‘influence campaign against Qatar’ launched after October 7 attack

https://mins.news/en/item/59637

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-15 16:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/15/israel-influence-campaign-against-qatar?traffic_source=rss

> About 30 Israeli influence experts, political advisers and a former Mossad official joined a secret campaign against Qatar after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks, Haaretz reports. The effort sought to pressure Doha to influence Hamas to release captives taken to Gaza, but was abruptly stopped after about a month.

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