The White House on Tuesday said President Trump “feels very bad” about the location of Israel’s Tuesday strike in Qatar that targeted Palestinian militant group Hamas’s senior officials in Doha.
“Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard and greatly taking risks with us to broker peace does not advance Israel or America's goals,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a Tuesday press briefing.
“The President views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States, and feels very badly about the location of this attack. President Trump wants all of the hostages in Gaza and the bodies of the dead released and this war to end now,” she added.
The administration was notified of the strike by the