Israel Kept US in the Dark Before Hamas Strikes in Qatar – Report
Sputnik: Israel did not inform the US authorities in advance about
the planned strikes against the Palestinian movement Hamas in Qatar in
order to give the administration of US President Donald Trump no time to
prevent the attack, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing
sources familiar with the matter.
"Notice was given so close to actual launching of missiles that there was no way to reverse or halt the order," a senior US defense official was quoted as saying by the Wall Street Journal on Friday.
The official also called the operation "absolutely unimaginable," the Wall Street Journal reported.
According
to other US officials, Trump was "angry" that he had learned about the
attack not from Israel, but from the US military, the Wall Street
Journal reported.
On Tuesday, Israel launched strikes at senior Hamas negotiators in Doha.
Israel notified the US and Qatari authorities before striking Hamas'
Doha office, the Israel Hayom newspaper reported. Trump sought to
distance himself from the attack, saying that the decision had been made
independently by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He assured
Qatar that such an attack would not happen again.
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