DOHA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Qatar announced on Saturday that it will host an emergency Arab-Islamic summit on September 15 to discuss the recent Israeli attack on Doha.

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari told Qatar News Agency that foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic countries will convene on Sunday to prepare a draft statement for the leaders' meeting.

Al Ansari stressed that the summit comes at a significant moment, reflecting Arab and Islamic solidarity with Qatar in confronting what he described as the "cowardly Israeli aggression" targeting the residences of several Hamas leaders in Doha.

He added that it also reflects these countries' categorical rejection of the "state terrorism" carried out by Israel.

Israel launched an unprecedented airstrike in the Qatari capital of Doha on Tuesday, targeting a building where Hamas officials were meeting to discuss the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States.

Five members of Hamas and a Qatari security officer were killed during the strike, while key members of the Hamas negotiating team survived.

The attack drew swift condemnation from Qatar and other members of the international community. ■