Trump hosted the Qatari prime minister for dinner on Friday evening, joined by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. Hamad Al Muftah, Qatar's deputy chief of mission in Washington, wrote on Twitter: "Great dinner with the US president. Just finished." The White House confirmed the dinner but did not provide any details.
This session follows an hour-long meeting between Al Thani, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House in Washington to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments.
A statement from the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that during the meeting, the US Vice President affirmed his country's full solidarity with the State of Qatar, emphasizing that diplomatic solutions represent the best way to resolve outstanding issues.
The US official also expressed his great appreciation for Doha's mediation efforts and its pivotal role in supporting peace and regional stability, describing Qatar as a "trusted strategic ally" of the United States.
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On Tuesday, the Israeli military announced it had launched an airstrike on Hamas's leadership in Doha. Qatar condemned the strike, which it said reserved the right to respond to the attack, which killed a member of the Qatari internal security forces. Trump said he was dissatisfied with the Israeli strike, describing it as a unilateral action that did not serve American or Israeli interests.
For its part, Hamas announced that its negotiating delegation, led by its head in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, survived the assassination attempt, and that its office director, Jihad Labad, his son, Humam al-Hayya, and three bodyguards were killed.
The attack on Qatar came despite its mediation role, alongside Egypt and with US participation, in indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel aimed at reaching a prisoner exchange agreement and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip has left 64,756 Palestinians dead, 164,059 wounded, most of them children and women, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that has claimed the lives of 413 Palestinians, including 143 children, as of Friday.
