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The killing of conservative media figure and co-founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, aged 31, who was a husband and father of two, led to a message of mourning from the forum that represents the 48 hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
“With profound sadness, we lament the passing of Charlie Kirk,” the Hostages and Missing Family Forum expressed in a statement accompanied by a video of Kirk in a message shared on their social media platforms.
“His influential voice will be eternally remembered for his support of Israel and his advocacy for the hostages and their families,” the statement continued. “We are endlessly appreciative of his steadfast solidarity.”
In the wake of the tragic shooting of Charlie Kirk while he was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, mourners placed a wreath outside the U.S. Embassy in South Africa on September 11, 2025.
“If you assemble all Hamas leaders to negotiate a hostage deal and then attempt to assassinate them—who will you negotiate with?” a senior source questioned in a statement to Fox News Digital. “And what does this imply for the likelihood of a hostage deal occurring soon, given their dire circumstances there?”
“[What] resonates as most crucial with most Israelis is not the elimination of some figures in Doha, but the retrieval of the hostages,” the source, granted anonymity to discuss this sensitive matter, added.
Trump condemned the strikes and said he was “very unhappy” about the incident, telling reporters that Israel did inform the U.S. military of the strike, but it was “too late to stop the attack.”
“This was a decision made by [Israel’s] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me,” Trump said.
Six people were killed in the strike, including one Qatari security official, but Hamas has claimed that its leadership survived the attack, reported the BBC.
Qatar on Thursday announced it will now hold an emergency Arab-Islamic summit on Sunday and Monday to address the Israeli attack.
Smoke is seen billowing after explosions in Doha’s capital of Qatar on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Jacqueline Penny/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)
Doha’s International Media Office on Thursday also rejected reports that the attack had caused friction between Qatar and the U.S., and said the “partnership is stronger than ever and continues to grow.”
“We will continue working together to promote global peace and stability,” the agency said in a statement.
