Trump: Qatar Is A Great Ally, Israel Needs To Be Careful

President Donald Trump on Sunday referred to Qatar as a “great ally” while urging Israel to “be careful” after the recent strike in Doha that was aimed at Hamas leaders.

When asked by reporters what message he wished to convey to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the attack in Qatar, Trump said, “They have to be very, very careful. They have to do something about Hamas, but Qatar has been a great ally to the United States. A lot of people don’t know that.”

He went on to say, “I told the Emir, who I think is a wonderful person, actually, I said, ‘You need better public relations because you don’t really get the public relations.’”

Trump emphasized, “People talk of [Qatar] so badly, and they shouldn’t be. Qatar has been a very great ally. So Israel and everybody else, we have to be careful. When we attack people, we have to be careful.”

On the day of the strike, Trump acknowledged he was “not thrilled” by the operation, while at the same time pointing to the ongoing importance of working toward the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

That same evening, Netanyahu hinted that Israel’s mission to eliminate Hamas figures in Qatar had not been successful.

In a statement posted in English on X, Netanyahu wrote that those Hamas officials “blocked all ceasefire attempts,” and argued that “getting rid of them” would remove the “main obstacle” to bringing the conflict to an end.

“The Hamas terrorists chiefs living in Qatar don’t care about the people in Gaza,” Netanyahu wrote. He continued, “They blocked all ceasefire attempts in order to endlessly drag out the war. Getting rid of them would rid the main obstacle to releasing all our hostages and ending the war.”

On Friday, Hamas announced that Khalil al-Hayya, one of its senior leaders who was the focus of the strike in Doha, had survived the attack.

According to a statement cited by Channel 13 News, Hamas said al-Hayya “carried out the funeral prayer for his martyred son who was killed in the strike and for those killed in the assassination attempt, under special security arrangements.”

The group did not provide pictures or any other proof to verify its account.

{Matzav.com}