Reports that President Donald Trump had been briefed by Israel ahead of a strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar are not surprising, former National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz told Newsmax on Tuesday.
Israel launched the strike earlier in the day, officials said, further widening its campaign against the terrorist group as negotiations over ending the war in the Gaza Strip appear stalemated.
Trump reportedly signed off on the Israeli strike — codenamed “Atzeret HaDin” (Hebrew for Day of Judgment) — in the sovereign nation of Qatar, a key Middle East ally and peace mediator.
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