Netanyahu’s Qatar Strike: Trump Knew, Then Forgot to Care
In the grand political slapstick of September 2025, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rang up Donald Trump at 8AM DC time to spill the beans about bombing Hamas leaders in Qatar. Explosions echoed at 8:51AM, confirming punctual indifference. Seven Israeli officials insist Trump knew early and didn’t object—because who stops a missile midair? Yet, the White House claims they got the memo only after the missiles boxed Qatar’s neighborhood. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s military alerted him mid-crisis, and he quickly sent envoy Steve Witkoff to break the news to Qatar, right after Doha got demolished. Top Hamas brass, apparently great at dodgeball, escaped just before the strike. Meanwhile, Israeli officials privately admitted fibbing with the U.S., saying, 'Help the Americans save face.' So here we stand—five Hamas casualties, one poor Qatari security officer, tangled U.S.-Israel politics, rising regional drama, and Trump, the political passenger who chose to ride shotgun and ignore the chaos.
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Source: Axios | Published: 9/15/2025 | Author: Barak Ravid