What we cognize astir Israel's onslaught successful Qatar
President Trump said Tuesday he's "not thrilled" and is "very unhappy" aft Israel's subject said it targeted elder enactment of the Hamas violent enactment successful strikes successful Qatar's superior of Doha. The strikes drew condemnation from the Qatari authorities and pushback from the White House.
The Israel Defense Forces told CBS News the operation was dubbed "Summit of Fire" and targeted leaders of Hamas who the IDF said had for years "led the violent organization's operations, are straight liable for the brutal October 7 massacre, and person been orchestrating and managing the warfare against the State of Israel."
The determination enactment the Trump medication successful an antithetic presumption due to the fact that some Israel and Qatar are adjacent U.S. allies, with Qatar hosting the Middle East's largest American subject base. Qatar has besides hosted Hamas' governmental offices for years, and the Gulf monarchy has been progressive successful mediating ceasefire talks betwixt the Israeli authorities and Hamas.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday nighttime extracurricular a edifice successful Washington, D.C., Mr. Trump said helium was "not thrilled astir the full situation," calling it "not a bully situation."
"I was precise unhappy astir it, precise unhappy astir each aspect," the president said.
The president besides emphasized that helium is aiming to unafraid the merchandise of the remaining hostages that Hamas captured during the group's Oct. 7, 2023, violent onslaught connected Israel.. Mr. Trump has pressed Hamas and Israel to scope a ceasefire woody that could intermission warring successful the Gaza Strip successful speech for the merchandise of dozens of Israeli hostages who are inactive successful the Palestinian enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said 20 of those captives are inactive believed to beryllium alive.
In a associated connection Tuesday connected the strikes, Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said they "believed that the enactment was wholly justified successful airy of the information that this Hamas enactment was the 1 who initiated and organized the October 7 massacre, and has not stopped launching murderous actions against the State of Israel and its citizens since then."
Netanyahu said Israel takes afloat work for the strike.
Hamas said successful a statement that 5 of its members died, but "the brothers successful the negotiating delegation" were not killed, arsenic the radical reviews a ceasefire proposal floated by the Trump administration. It called the onslaught "a heinous crime." The IDF said that "measures were taken successful bid to mitigate harm to civilians, including the usage of precise munitions and further intelligence."
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said the Trump medication was notified by the U.S. subject of the strikes. A elder U.S. authoritative and a diplomatic root acquainted with the strikes told CBS News that Israel notified the U.S. of the onslaught arsenic it was astir to happen. Two different U.S. officials told CBS News the U.S. did not coordinate with Israel connected readying the strikes. A elder U.S. quality authoritative told CBS News that the U.S. told Qatar astir the onslaught aft being informed astir it by Israel.
In a Truth Social station earlier Tuesday, Mr. Trump called the Qatar onslaught an "unfortunate incident" and emphasized that the U.S. was not involved.
"I presumption Qatar arsenic a beardown state and person of the U.S., and consciousness precise severely astir the determination of the attack," the president wrote.
The Qatari authorities called the onslaught "cowardly" and argued it violated planetary law.
Joe Walsh is simply a elder exertion for integer authorities astatine CBS News. Joe antecedently covered breaking quality for Forbes and section quality successful Boston.