U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Monday (September 15, 2025) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not inform him in advance about Israel’s assault in Qatar final week.
Mr. Trump’s feedback got here after an Axios report stated that Mr. Netanyahu informed the U.S. president of the strike shortly forward of time.
The Trump administration has stated it was notified solely after missiles have been in the air, giving Mr. Trump no alternative to oppose the strike. Axios reported, citing Israeli officers, that the White House knew earlier, even when the timeline to cease the assault would have been tight.
Israel tried to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike in Qatar on September 9, 2025, escalating its army motion in the Middle East. The strike was extensively condemned in the Middle East and past as an act that would additional escalate tensions in a area already on edge.
Mr. Trump has beforehand stated he was not concerned in Israel’s resolution to strike Qatar.
He was requested on Monday if Mr. Netanyahu spoke to him on to alert him that Israel would strike Hamas leaders in Qatar. “No, no, they didn’t,” Mr. Trump stated.
Mr. Netanyahu’s workplace reiterated after the Axios report that the assault was a “wholly independent” Israeli operation.
Washington is an ally of each Israel and Qatar. Doha has been a mediator in attempting to rearrange a deal for a Gaza ceasefire.
Israel’s assault on Gaza since October 2023 has killed tens of 1000’s of individuals, internally displaced Gaza’s total inhabitants, and set off a hunger disaster. Multiple rights specialists and students say it quantities to genocide.
Israel denies allegations of genocide, calling its actions self-defence after an October 2023 assault by Palestinian Hamas militants in which 1,200 folks have been killed and over 250 taken hostage. Israel has additionally bombed Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen throughout its battle in Gaza.
