{
  "id": 15494841,
  "title": "Israel urged Qatar to continue Gaza funding despite public criticism, documents reveal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/israel-urged-qatar-to-continue-gaza-funding-despite-public-criticism",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T21:34:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-912105"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Jerusalem Post reveals previously unpublished documents showing Israel's direct involvement in transferring Qatari funds to the Gaza Strip, even as senior Israeli officials publicly criticized Qatar. According to an investigation by TIME magazine, based on official correspondence and testimony from senior Israeli, American, and Arab officials, successive Israeli governments helped establish, operate, and preserve the Qatari assistance mechanism for Hamas-controlled Gaza for years. A 2020 letter from then-Mossad director Yossi Cohen to Qatar's Emir expressed Israel's gratitude for Qatar's humanitarian assistance and requested that the payments continue, despite public criticism.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}