President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized Israel’s strike against Iran-backed Hamas leaders in Qatar but added eliminating the terror group was “a worthy goal.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said earlier Tuesday that the strike in Doha that killed five Hamas members were “a wholly independent Israeli operation.”
“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me. 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.
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