Contrary to the hope expressed February 4, 2025 by President Trump that Qatar is "absolutely trying to help" and "doing everything they can" to obtain the Israeli hostages' release from Hamas, Qatar is providing unconditional aid, this time via an air bridge, to Hamas-ruled Gaza, yet again.
Qatar has not even made a minimal effort to appeal to Hamas to release the hostages, as did UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who said today, "I appeal to Hamas to proceed with the planned liberation of hostages next Saturday."
Instead, Qatar is increasing the pressure on Israel. Moreover, Qatari Education Minister Lulua Al-Khater published a poem praising the slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded and commanded the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The song states: "It was not fitting for someone like him to die except in this way, and what is fitting [for him] is martyrdom... You were not just an individual, but an [entire] nation... in the form of an individual with whom Allah is pleased... You lived like a sword, with neither wife nor home, you died a great hero, not on a sickbed. You never negotiated, submitted, or weakened, [nor] did you trade Paradise for earthly things. You killed so many of the enemy that none of them returned..."
See also MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 11820, Reactions In Qatar To Trump's Vision For Gaza: It Is A 'Cursed' Plan And 'A Heinous Crime', February 6, 2025.
The following are the details of Qatar's unconditional support for Hamas-ruled Gaza, via the new Jordan-Gaza air bridge:
Gulf Times Report: "Qatar Launches Air Bridge From Jordan To Gaza"
The Gulf Times reported on February 4, 2025 that Qatar had launched an air bridge from Jordan's King Abdullah II Air Base to Gaza. According to the report, the project was inaugurated by Qatari Minister for International Cooperation Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al-Misnad. The inauguration ceremony was also attended by Qatar's Ambassador to Jordan Sheikh Saud bin Nasser bin Jassim Aal Thani, Qatar Charity CEO Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari, and representatives from the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS).
Minister Al-Misand said that since the beginning of the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Qatar had sent 65 trucks of relief to Gaza via the Jordanian border, and that in addition to this land bridge, two helicopters "carrying vital medical aid" had also been sent to northern Khan Younis in Gaza.
View here YouTube video of the air bridge effort posted by Qatar Charity on February 4, 2025.
View here YouTube video of the air bridge effort posted by AlarabyTV_News.
Maryam Bint Ali Bint Nasser Al-Misnad (center), with the Qatar aid delegation in Jordan.
Black Hawk helicopters packed with "Qatar Aid" deliveries to Gaza, at Abdullah II base in Jordan.
