From Luqa Air-Bridge to Luxe Hotels: How Israel’s Qatar Strike Sends Ripples Across Malta
Valletta’s cafés were still buzzing with Monday-morning espresso steam when phones lit up with the headline: Israel had reportedly struck a Hamas office in the heart of Qatar. Within minutes, WhatsApp groups bridging Sliema tech workers and Marsa dockyard traders were swapping voice notes in Maltese, English, and Arabic—an island chorus trying to make sense…