US President Donald Trump feels “very badly” about Israel’s strike on Doha and directed a top aide, Steve Witkoff, to warn Qatar the attack was coming, the White House said on Tuesday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the US military informed the administration on Tuesday morning that Israel’s strike was going to take place. She would not answer when asked who informed the US military.
After the strike, Trump spoke to both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, she said.
He assured the Qatari leader that “such a thing will not happen again on their soil.” She referred to the strike as an “unfortunate incident” and said Trump “feels very badly” about the location of the attack.
“Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar – a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard in bravely taking risks with us to broker peace – does not advance Israel or America’s goals,” Leavitt said.
“This was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu; it was not a decision made by me,” Donald Trump said a few hours after the White House press briefing on Truth Social, adding that he assured Qatar that this “will not happen again on their soil.”
“I have directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to finalise the Defense Cooperation Agreement with Qatar,” Trump added.
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