Israel's ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter is vowing further attempts to kill the political leaders of Hamas if they survived a strike in the Qatar capital Doha on Tuesday.

The Doha military operation, which killed six people, has been widely condemned by the international community, with US President Donald Trump saying he was "very unhappy" about it.

Hamas claims five of those killed were lower-ranking members of the militant group, while the sixth death was a member of Qatari's internal security forces. Loading...

Speaking to US cable news outlet Fox News, Ambassador Yechiel Leiter appeared to brush off criticism of his government.

"Right now, we may be subject to a little bit of criticism. They'll get over it. And Israel is being changed for the better," he said.

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