Qatar said Tuesday that the United States had given security assurances to the country and Israel had promised not to attack it again in a phone call the previous day.
"The security assurances and the commitments that were offered in the call yesterday (Monday) by President Trump and the Israeli prime minister (Benjamin Netanyahu) were very clear and were under the guarantee of the US president that Qatar will never be attacked," foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told a press conference.
"We are content with the security assurances that we have received," he said, adding there had also been "a commitment by Israel not to attack Qatar again in its capacity or otherwise."
Netanyahu on Monday attempted to mend fences with Qatar, the key Hamas interlocutor.
He expressed his regret to his Qatari counterpart for a Sept. 9 military strike targeting Hamas officials in the Gulf country that infuriated Arab leaders and triggered rare criticism by the US of Israel.
Netanyahu made the call to Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, as he met with Trump at the White House.
“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,” the White House said in a statement. “He 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.”
Israel stuck the headquarters of Hamas’ political leadership in Qatar as the group’s top figures gathered to consider a US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The strike on the territory was a stunning escalation and risked upending talks aimed at winding down the war and freeing hostages. No senior Hamas officials were killed in the strike.
