President Trump has signed an government order saying that any armed assault towards Qatar could be thought-about “a threat to the peace and security of the United States.”
“In the event of such an attack, the United States shall take all lawful and appropriate measures — including diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, military — to defend the interests of the United States and of the State of Qatar and to restore peace and stability,” reads the chief order, which was dated Monday, Sept. 29.
Israel mentioned its assault was aimed toward Hamas leaders gathered within the Qatari capital, the place the U.S.- and Israeli-designated terrorist group has lengthy maintained a political workplace.
Qatar hosts the most important U.S. army base within the Center East, the Al-Udeid Air Base, the place 1000’s of American forces are stationed. The US already classifies Qatar as a Main Non-NATO Ally, a designation that was accepted by President Biden.
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and President Trump go away after a ceremony on the Royal Palace in Doha, Could 14, 2025.
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The manager order was signed within the wake of Israel’s assault on Doha, and as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington to fulfill with Mr. Trump.
Whereas that go to was largely targeted on Mr. Trump’s announcement of a still-pending proposal for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire settlement to finish the battle in Gaza, it additionally noticed Netanyahu apologize to Qatar for the strike in Doha.
“As a first step, Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his deep regret that Israel’s missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar unintentionally killed a Qatari serviceman,” a White Home readout of a trilateral telephone name with Mr. Trump, Netanyahu and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, mentioned.
Netanyahu “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 White Home mentioned.
The Israeli assault shocked the Qataris and raised questions on Qatar’s safety relationship with the USA.
Netanyahu, simply a number of days after the strikes in Doha, threatened to launch new assaults on Qatar if it refused to eject Hamas political representatives.
The Israeli chief made the remarks after Mr. Trump mentioned in a social media publish that “eliminating” Hamas was “a worthy goal,” however that he had spoken with leaders in Qatar and warranted the nation’s prime minister, “that such a thing will not happen again on their soil.”
Margaret Brennan and
Tucker Reals
contributed to this report.
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