Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar for air strikes with Trump mediating discussions

IsraelPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Qatar for hitting his territory at a meeting with President Donald Trump, the White House said.

The Israeli soldiers targeted senior Hamas leaders in Qatar with an air strike earlier this month who also killed a Qatari security official.

Trump moved away from Netanyahu’s decision to hit a high-level ally in the Middle East, writing on Truth Social at the time “does not advance the objectives of Israel or America”.

Qatar has been a multitude of discussions aimed at chopping a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. It also welcomes around 10,000 American soldiers.

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President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the state dining room at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

During a trilateral call with Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al Thani, Netanyahu expressed “a deep regret that Israel’s missile against Hamas targets in Qatar has involuntarily killed a Qatari soldier”, according to the White House.

“He also expressed his regret that by targeting Hamas leaders during hostage negotiations, Israel violated Qatari sovereignty and said that Israel will no longer lead such an attack in the future.”

Al Thani welcomed insurance, according to reading, and Trump “expressed his desire to put Israeli-Qatar relations on a positive track after years of mutual grievances and unknown”.

“They really had a heart conversation,” said Trump at a press conference after meeting with Netanyahu. “It was a great conversation, and I thought it was productive.”

He said that the United States, Israel and Qatar have agreed to launch a formal trilateral mechanism to start dialogue “to improve mutual security, correct erroneous perceptions and avoid future doubts”.

Trump praised the emir as a “fantastic person” and noted his role as mediator in the peace process. He added that he hoped that Qatar could join the Abraham agreements, a series of normalization transactions between the Nations of the Middle East and Israel that Trump negotiated during his first administration.

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Trump said that the Qatar emir, Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, had a “heart to heart” with Netanyahu by phone on Monday. (Alex Brandon / AP)

He came when Trump unveiled a 20 -point peace plan to end the war in Gaza.

The plan includes the granting of Hamas terrorists who abandon the weapons in favor of peace “amnesty”, establishing Gaza as a “zone deraicalized without terrorism” and Israel fell from the territory and ceasing military operations.

The plan explained that within 72 hours of acceptance of the agreement, Hamas will publish the remaining hostages in captivity – whether alive or deceased.

A damaged building in Doha, Qatar, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli official on September 9, 2025. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters)

At the release of the remaining hostages, Israel will then release “250 prisoners of life sentence plus 1,700 gasans who were detained after October 7, 2023”, according to the fifth point of the plan.

“Once all the hostages have returned, the members of Hamas who engage in peaceful coexistence and the out of service of their weapons will receive an amnesty. The members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza receive a safe passage to the countries of reception,” said the sixth point of the plan.

Gaza will not be controlled by Hamas or the Palestinian authority, but by “those who are attached to peace”, according to Netanyahu.

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Hamas has not yet accepted the agreement, Trump threatening the terrorist group to accept the plan or is probably confronted with effusions of blood.

“Israel would have my full support to finish work to destroy Hamas’ threat,” said Trump on a press conference on Monday, warning Hamas to accept the agreement.