United States President Donald Trump demanded that Israel not strike Qatar again during a Tuesday phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the IDF’s targeted attack against Hamas leaders in Doha, two sources with knowledge tell Axios.
“It’s unacceptable. I demand that you do not repeat it,” Trump told Netanyahu in the call, according to the sources.
Trump’s advisers were shocked by the strike, the report adds, noting that one source close to Trump expressed concern over the way Netanyahu and his top adviser, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, handled the matter, calling it “an unpleasant reminder” of behavior that caused tension with Trump in his previous term.
Despite the reported warning and widespread international condemnation, Netanyahu has firmly defended the strike, warning Qatar — and “all nations that harbor terrorists” — that additional strikes could follow if they do not expel terror figures.
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