Qatari

US President Donald Trump hosted a private dinner with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in New York on Friday, just days after Israel carried out a strike in Doha targeting senior Hamas leaders.

The Israeli attack, which took place on Tuesday, sought to eliminate Hamas’s political leadership in Qatar. The strike sparked widespread condemnation across the Middle East and beyond, with critics warning it risked escalating tensions and undermining US-backed efforts to secure a truce in Gaza after nearly two years of conflict.

According to US officials, Trump expressed his displeasure over the strike during a phone …