NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump held dinner with the Qatari prime minister in New York on Friday, days after US ally Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.
Israel tried to kill the leaders of the phobia group with an assault in Qatar on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing US-backed efforts to dealer a truce in Gaza and finish the almost two-year-old battle. The assault was extensively condemned within the Center East and past as an act that might escalate tensions in a area already on edge.
Trump reportedly expressed annoyance concerning the strike in a telephone name with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in addition to in public, and sought to guarantee the Qataris that such assaults wouldn’t occur once more.
Trump and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani had been joined for the meal by a high Trump adviser, US particular envoy Steve Witkoff.
“Nice dinner with POTUS. Simply ended,” Qatar’s deputy chief of mission, Hamad Al-Muftah, mentioned on X.
The White Home confirmed the dinner had taken place however provided no particulars.
Members of the Secret Service block the road in entrance of the White Home as US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2025 (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
The session adopted an hour-long assembly that al-Thani had on the White Home on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
A supply briefed on the assembly mentioned they mentioned Qatar’s future as a mediator within the area and protection cooperation within the wake of the Israeli strikes in opposition to Hamas in Doha.
Qatar’s International Ministry mentioned in a press release that Vance and Rubio expressed their appreciation for Qatar’s “tireless mediation efforts and its efficient position in bringing peace to the area,” and mentioned that Doha is a “dependable strategic ally of the US of America.”
From L-R: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, US Vice President JD Vance, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meet in Washington, DC, September 13, 2025. (Qatar’s International Ministry/X)
Thani “affirmed that the State of Qatar will take all measures to guard its safety and safeguard its sovereignty within the face of the blatant Israeli assault,” the assertion learn.
Trump has mentioned he’s sad with Israel’s strike, which he described as a unilateral motion that didn’t advance US or Israeli pursuits.
Nonetheless, Rubio is set to leave for a visit to Israel on Saturday, the place he’ll communicate to Israeli leaders about “our dedication to combat anti-Israel actions together with unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state that rewards Hamas terrorism,” US State Division spokesman Tommy Pigott mentioned in a press release on Friday.
Harm is seen after an Israeli strike focused a compound that hosted Hamas’ political management in Doha, Qatar on September 10, 2025 (AFP)
Washington counts Qatar as a powerful Gulf ally. Doha has been a essential mediator in long-running negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza, for the discharge of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, and for a post-conflict plan for the territory.
Al-Thani blamed Israel on Tuesday for attempting to sabotage possibilities for peace however mentioned Qatar wouldn’t be deterred from its position as mediator.
Israel’s safety institution now more and more believes it did not kill any of Hamas’s high brass who had been gathered on the website of Tuesday’s strike in Doha.
Hamas recognized the lifeless as Jihad Labad, head of the workplace of high Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya; al-Hayya’s son Hammam al-Hayya; and three others described as “associates” — both advisers or bodyguards: Abdallah Abd al-Wahid, Muamen Hassouna and Ahmad Abd al-Malek. As well as, a Qatari safety officer, Lance Corporal Badr Saad Mohammed al-Humaidi al-Dosari, was killed.
Doha will host an emergency Arab-Islamic summit on Sunday and Monday to debate the Israeli assault, Qatar’s state information company reported.
