White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump personally communicated his displeasure over Israel’s bombing in Qatar’s capital during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel launched an attack in the capital of Doha on Tuesday to target Hamas leadership in the region, which killed five people, including a Qatari security official. Leavitt confirmed from the White House podium that Trump “feels very badly” about the bombing and believes it “does not advance” the goals of the U.S. or Israel.
“This morning, the Trump administration was notified by the United States military that Israel was attacking Hamas, which very unfortunately, was located in a section of Doha, the capital of Qatar. Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States, that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker peace, does not advance Israel or America’s goals,” Leavitt said.
“However, eliminating Hamas who have profited off [of] the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal … The president views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States and feels very badly about the location of this attack. President Trump wants all of the hostages in Gaza and the bodies of the dead released and this war to end now,” the press secretary continued.
Leavitt then confirmed that Trump “passed along” his disapproval of the location of the attack during his conversation with Netanyahu.
“The president just confirmed that in the statement I just read to you, which I spoke to him about before coming out here,” Leavitt said.
After the attack, Netanyahu told Trump that he wants to “make peace” in the near future, Leavitt said. Trump is hopeful that the “unfortunate incident” could be an “opportunity” to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Netanyahu said the deadly attack in Doha was in retaliation for the deadly shooting at a bus stop in Jerusalem and for the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack carried out by Hamas. He confirmed that the attack was “a wholly independent Israeli operation” and that his country “takes full responsibility.”
Qatar condemned the actions as a “cowardly Israeli attack,” and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called for “all parties” involved to work to achieve a “permanent ceasefire.”
Trump recently expressed his disapproval with Israel following the a strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital which killed over a dozen people on Aug. 25. The president said in the Oval Office that was “not happy” about Israel’s action, while the Israeli’s government said it “deeply regrets” the results of the strike.
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