A rare Israeli missile attack on Qatari territory, on Tuesday, killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security official, Doha authorities confirmed. Hamas stated that its negotiators were inside when the attack took place.
Israeli media quoted that 15 fighter jets conducted the attack, firing 10 missiles in seconds on residential apartments in Doha s Katara area. Hamas admitted five deaths, including Humam al-Hayya, the son of top leader Khalil al-Hayya, but asserted the attempted assassination of its negotiating team had been unsuccessful.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the strike as "completely justified," asserting it aimed at Hamas leaders responsible for the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
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Regarding the ongoing situation Donald Trump said that he was not happy with what happened in Qatar.
President Donald Trump said he was very unhappy about every aspect of the Israeli strike on Qatar and would be giving a full statement on the issue later https://t.co/CC7P2qFhKY pic.twitter.com/Av6W99RfY6
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The White House went on to say that Trump told his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to notify Qatar ahead of resuming the strikes. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was not pleased with unilateral strikes against US allies but said that removing Hamas was "a worthy goal."
Trump also called Netanyahu and Qatar s emir, promising the latter that such incidents "will not happen again on their soil."
