Starmer condemns Israel’s airstrike on Qatar as No 10 denies prior knowledge of attack

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Israel’s missile strike on Doha risked ‘further escalation across the region’. Photograph: Joshua Bratt/AP

Keir Starmer has condemned Israel’s strike on Qatar before a meeting with the Israeli president in London on Wednesday.

The UK prime minister said the military strike, which targeted Hamas leaders stationed in Doha, was a violation of Qatar’s sovereignty and risked “further escalation across the region”.