{"id":314,"date":"2025-09-10T05:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/?p=314"},"modified":"2025-09-10T05:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:42:51","slug":"donald-trump-not-thrilled-by-israeli-strike-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump \u2018not thrilled\u2019 by Israeli strike in Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

US President Donald Trump said he was \u201cnot thrilled\u201d about Israel\u2019s air strike in Qatar that targeted Hamas leaders, adding to growing international pressure over the unprecedented expansion of Israel\u2019s war beyond Gaza.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rare strike on Qatari soil killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer, according to authorities in Doha. It also threatened to upend delicate US-backed ceasefire negotiations, as Hamas confirmed its negotiators were meeting at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the operation \u201cfully justified,\u201d saying it targeted senior Hamas figures behind the October 7, 2023 assault on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense Minister Israel Katz added that Israeli forces had been ordered to prepare the strike following deadly attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza.

Israeli media reported that 15 fighter jets carried out the operation, firing 10 munitions within seconds at residential buildings in Doha\u2019s northern Katara district. Hamas said the attempted assassination of its negotiating team had \u201cfailed,\u201d though it confirmed the death of five members, including Humam al-Hayya, son of senior leader Khalil al-Hayya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about the strike, Trump told reporters: \u201cWell, I\u2019m not thrilled\u2026 it\u2019s not a good situation. But we want the hostages back, and we are not thrilled about the way that went down today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House later said Trump had directed his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to notify Qatar of the impending strike. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said unilateral bombing inside a close US ally \u201cdoes not advance Israel or America\u2019s goals,\u201d but added that eliminating Hamas \u201cis a worthy goal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She confirmed Trump spoke to Netanyahu, who \u201cwants to make peace and quickly,\u201d as well as to Qatar\u2019s emir, whom Trump assured such an incident \u201cwill not happen again on their soil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qatar strongly denied being warned beforehand. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said the US call came \u201cduring the sound of the explosions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Washington\u2019s notification arrived 10 minutes after the attack had already begun, calling the strike \u201cstate terrorism\u201d and a \u201cflagrant violation of Qatari sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Amiri Diwan said Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemned the attack during a phone call with Trump, describing it as a \u201creckless, criminal act\u201d and a breach of international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas denounced the strike as \u201ca heinous crime\u201d and accused Israel of deliberately sabotaging negotiations. The group said its delegation had been discussing Trump\u2019s latest ceasefire proposal when the attack occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTargeting the negotiating delegation confirms beyond doubt that Netanyahu and his government do not want an agreement,\u201d Hamas said. It also held the US \u201cjointly responsible\u201d due to its military support for Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump said he was \u201cnot thrilled\u201d about Israel\u2019s air strike in Qatar that targeted Hamas leaders, adding to growing international pressure over the unprecedented expansion of Israel\u2019s war beyond Gaza. The rare strike on Qatari soil killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer, according to authorities in Doha. It also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}