A military helicopter has crashed in Qatar, killing all seven people on board, authorities in the Gulf state say. They say all the bodies were found after the helicopter went down due to a technical malfunction in Qatar's territorial waters on Sunday. Four Qatari military personnel, one Turkish serviceman, and two technicians from a Turkish defense company were on board, Qatar and Turkey say. The cause of the crash that happened during a training exercise is now being investigated. Turkey has a military base in Qatar under a defense agreement signed between the two countries in 2014. In a statement, Qatar's interior ministry said that all seven people on board had been found dead. It expressed its deepest condolences to the victims' families. Turkey's defense ministry stated that the Qatari military helicopter had been carrying out a training exercise as part of the Qatar-Turkey Joint Forces Command. The two technicians were from the Aselsan defense corporation, with the ministry indicating that the exact cause of the crash would be determined by Qatari authorities. This tragedy occurs amidst heightened tensions in the region as the US and Israel continue their military activities against Iran, prompting retaliatory actions from Tehran against Israel and US-allied states in the Gulf.