What's Behind the RAF Jet Circling Doha as Israeli Bombs Fell?
Posted: 12th September 2025
This is a reasonable question to ask, but the true explanation is yet to be established. I would recommend looking at both these links and possibly awaiting further information before deciding exactly what went on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8sJLztWg8
On the night Israel launched missiles at Hamas negotiators in Doha, flight tracking data revealed a British RAF Voyager circling overhead.
Right, so Britain loves to play the part of the sober mediator, wagging its finger at “rogue states” while insisting on the sanctity of law and diplomacy. Yet on the night Israel turned Doha into a target range, that mask slipped. As Hamas negotiators dodged missiles in the Qatari capital, an RAF Voyager tanker was caught circling overhead — and Keir Starmer, the man who cannot open his mouth without promising a ceasefire, has got some explaining to do. But rather than send Israel’s President, who touched down on British soil yesterday packing, he is rolling out the red carpet for a meeting tonight. The handshake on Downing Street will say it all therefore: Britain, far from restraining Israel, may have been busy refuelling its jets during that attack. For all his lawyerly talk of peace, Starmer now looks less like a statesman and more like Israel’s accomplice caught mid-air with the hose and if he goes ahead with tonight’s meeting in light of that Qatari attack, it will confirm it in the minds of a lot of people.
Right, so as know, yesterday, in an absolutely inexcusable escalation, Israeli jets struck Doha, the capital of Qatar, in an attempt to assassinate Hamas negotiators during ongoing, fragile ceasefire talks. Six people were k*lled, including a Qatari security officer, while Hamas’s political leadership narrowly survived. The symbolism of such an act is pretty nailed on. This was not a battlefield strike. It was a missile aimed at diplomacy, at the heart of ceasefire talks, a declaration that no negotiation and no sovereign capital was beyond Israel’s reach. When things are going wrong for Israel, they will happily strike their neighbours, because the US will always cover for them.
The global response confirmed the magnitude of the crime. Qatar condemned it as a blatant violation of sovereignty. Russia called it a “gross violation of the UN Charter.” Even the United States, normally Israel’s protector, denounced it as “counterproductive,” with Trump denying any knowledge, despite White House officials confirming Israel had informed them beforehand.
Yet the shock did not end there. Independent media soon uncovered flight-tracking data showing a Royal Air Force Voyager refuelling tanker circling over Doha at the exact time of the Israeli strike. Voyagers are not passenger planes or idle observers. They are airborne fuel stations for fighter jets. They circle for one reason only: to extend the reach of warplanes. If not for Israel, then who were they serving at that precise point in time?