Trump-Netanyahu meet: Israel PM calls Qatar counterpart from White House, apologises for Doha attack

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani from White House and "apologised" to him for the attack on Doha, news agency Reuters reported.

This comes as US President Donald Trump welcomed Netanyahu to the White House, expressing confidence in reaching a Gaza agreement.

A Qatari technical team is also at the White House, Reuters reported citing a separate source briefed on the talks.

"I am, I'm very confident," Trump told reporters as he greeted Netanyahu when asked if he was confident there would be peace in Gaza.

Earlier on September 9, Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas's political leadership in Qatar as the group's top figures gathered to consider US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Qatari authorities condemned the strikes as a “flagrant violation of all international laws and norms" as smoke rose over its capital, Doha.

US President Donald Trump had, at that time, said that the Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar, was ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not by him.

He added that he immediately directed special envoy Steve Witkoff to inform the Qataris of the attack, though it was “too late” to prevent it.

"This morning, the Trump Administration was notified by the United States Military that Israel was attacking Hamas which, very unfortunately, was located in a section of Doha, the Capital of Qatar. This was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

(This is a developing story)