Senior Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad reappeared Wednesday in a televised interview on Qatar�s Al Jazeera network, ending weeks of speculation about his fate following an Israeli airstrike in Doha that targeted top members of the terror group�s political leadership.

Hamad, who had been rumored killed in the September strike, described surviving what he called a �horrifying barrage� of missiles that landed on the building where Hamas negotiators were meeting with advisers. �Less than an hour into the discussion of the American proposal, enormous explosions shook the building. We tried to flee as quickly as possible. By God�s grace we survived,� Hamad said, claiming that 12 missiles struck in under a minute.

The strike�part of Israel�s Operation Summit of Fire�had thrown cease-fire talks into turmoil. Hamad accused Washington of duplicity, alleging that U.S. negotiators shifted terms and ultimately gave Israel a green light to bomb the session. �Our experience with the American mediator was bitter. There was no credibility on the American side. The Americans are partners in the ongoing genocide,� he charged.

Hamad further warned Arab states that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to �change the face of the Middle East� and urged a unified Arab response. �We are not the only target; the entire nation is,� he said.

His reemergence marks the second time a Hamas leader targeted in the Doha strike has appeared publicly. Tahir al-Nunu surfaced earlier in a separate Al Jazeera interview. Reports suggest the meeting included some of Hamas�s most senior figures, among them Khalil al-Hayya, Zahir Jabarin, Khaled Meshal, Mousa Abu Marzouk, and Izzat al-Rishq.

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