Tel Aviv, (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday apologized to his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, for the September 9 Israeli air strike in Doha, which targeted a meeting of the Hamas terror group’s political leadership.

Though the strike failed to kill the key Hamas leaders it was targeting, it did kill several lower-level members in the terror group, along with one Qatari guard.

Following the attack, Qatar — which had until then played a key role in negotiations between Israel and Hamas amid the ongoing war in Gaza — refused to serve as a mediator.

The apology took place in a phone call made from the Oval Office that US President Donald Trump organized and was present for, during a meeting between him and Netanyahu.

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