Trump says Doha strike ‘does not advance Israel or America’s goals’
US President Donald Trump said that Israel’s strike on Hamas targets in Qatar did not advance Israel or America’s goals, and added that he felt “very bad” about the location of the attack.
On Tuesday, Trump reported that Israel attacked Hamas in the capital Doha by the US army, but unfortunately, “too late to stop the attack”.
“This was a decision made [Israel’s] Prime Minister Netanyahu, this was not a decision taken by me, before praising Qatar as “a strong ally and friend”.
Hamas said six people were killed in the strike, including a member of the Qatar security forces, but the group leadership team survived.
The Israeli army said that Hamas has carried out a “precise strike” targeting its senior leaders using “precision ammunition”. The Israeli media reported that the operation contained 15 Israeli fighter aircraft that fired 10 ammunition against a single target.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he allowed a strike and that there would be no “immunity” for Hamas leaders.
On Tuesday, President Trump issued a rare rebuke of Netanyahu. “A sovereign nation and the United States, the close ally of the United States is bombing unilaterally, working hard and leading to peace with us, Israel or America does not advance the goals.”
White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt previously spoke to the President of the President Emir and Qatar and thanked our country for their support and friendship. “
“He made them sure that something like this would not be on the territory again.”
However, Trump said, “The elimination of Hamas, which has gained the misery of the inhabitants of Gaza, is a valuable goal, and said,” The release of the bodies of all hostages and the dead and that he wanted to end this war. “
The attack took place on Tuesday afternoon, and the images showed a poorly damaged building in Doha.
The Qatar Foreign Ministry condemned the strike “with the most powerful terms possible” and said that the attack was a “clear violation of international law.
Later, Qatar said that the officials were not informed about the Israeli strike.
“Communication came from one of the US authorities during the sound of explosions,” Qatar’s spokesman Al-ASSED Majed Al-Av, spokesman for Qatar. He said.
Since 2012, Qatar has hosted Hamas’s political office and has played a key role in facilitating indirect negotiations between group and Israel since the October 7 attacks.
At the same time, the US was a close ally. Approximately 10,000 American soldiers are deployed at a US airbase in Al-Oduid just outside Doha. In May, Trump announced a “historical” economic agreement signed between the two countries He said he was valued at least $ 1.2 trillion (£ 890 billion).
Qatar recently presented Trump a plane worth $ 400 million as a “unconditional gift” to be used as the new Air Force, the US President’s official plane.
Hamas said that the negotiation team in Doha was survived from the attack on Tuesday and that the action was “beyond suspicion that Netanyahu and his government did not want to reach any agreement for peace.”
This said he kept the US administration “jointly responsible” for his ongoing support for Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said shortly after the strike, the attack was a “completely independent Israeli operation”.
“Israel has started it, Israel has done it, and Israel is taking full responsibility,” the statement said. He said.
A few days before the attack, Hamas said that he welcomed some ideas about how to reach a Gaza ceasefire from the United States and discussed how to transform them into a “comprehensive agreement”.
The White House said in a statement that Trump believes that the “unfortunate” attack could be an opportunity for peace and that Netanyahu said after the attack “peace and quickly”.
