Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, September 29, formally apologised to Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani for the recent attack on the Qatari capital, Doha, in a move seen as a critical step towards resuming negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
The apology was delivered during a three-way phone call with Sheikh Mohammed and US President Donald Trump, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in a statement posted on X.Netanyahu acknowledged the attack, which targeted a Qatari citizen, as a mistake and pledged that Israeli forces would not strike Qatari territory again.
The call also addressed the wider implications of the airstrike, which hit a residential neighbourhood in Doha that housed the Hamas negotiating delegation. According