Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed “deep regret” for the recent Israeli missile strike in Qatar as US President Donald Trump hosted a phone call between Netanyahu and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and expressed “his desire to put Israeli-Qatar relations on a positive track.”

A statement issued by the White House said, “Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his deep regret that Israel’s missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar unintentionally killed a Qatari serviceman. He further expressed regret that, in targeting Hamas leadership during hostage negotiations, Israel violated Qatari sovereignty and affirmed that Israel will not conduct such an attack again in the future.”

The Qatari Prime Minister welcomed the

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