DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar awoke Wednesday still digging through the rubble of an Israeli attack the previous day on Hamas’ political leaders who had gathered in the capital of the energy-rich Middle East country to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Qatar’s local media hewed tightly to government statements issued after Tuesday’s attack, which killed at least six people in a Doha neighborhood that is home to foreign embassies and schools. Qatar is ruled by a hereditary emir and tightly restricts speech like other Gulf Arab nations.

The strike on the territory of a U.S. ally drew widespread condemnation from several countries in the Mideast and beyond. It also marked a dramatic escalation in the region and risked upending talks aimed at ending the war and freeing h

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