US President Donald Trump felt the “Israelis had been getting just a little bit uncontrolled” after Israel’s botched September 9 strike on Hamas’s management in Doha, his son-in-law and prime adviser Jared Kushner stated in feedback broadcast Friday.
The remark got here throughout an joint interview with US particular envoy Steve Witkoff on CBS’s 60 Minutes. The interview with the 2 architects of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal will air in full on Sunday.
“I feel each Jared and I felt, I simply really feel we felt just a little bit betrayed,” stated Witkoff of Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders gathered within the capital of Qatar, a key mediator within the ceasefire negotiations.
“It had a metastasizing impact as a result of the Qataris had been essential to the negotiation, as had been the Egyptians and the Turks,” stated Witkoff. “We had misplaced the arrogance of the Qataris. And so Hamas went underground, and it was very, very tough to get to them.”
Kushner, referring to Israel, stated the strike led Trump to understand “that it was time to be very robust and cease them from doing issues that he felt weren’t of their long-term pursuits.”
Trump stated on the time that he was “very sad” with Israel concerning the strike on the “robust” US ally, and that he didn’t obtain a significant advance warning from Israel.
Unique: Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, and particular envoy Steve Witkoff give a behind-the-scenes have a look at the tense moments main as much as the ceasefire and hostage deal after an Israeli bombing threatened to derail the settlement.
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He has since committed the US to defend Qatar in case of a future assault, and seen to it that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Qatar for the strike, which didn’t kill any of its targets however did kill just a few lower-level Hamas members in addition to a Qatari guard.
With Netanyahu’s approval, Qatar despatched in Hamas in Gaza hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of money on a month-to-month foundation for years till the fear group stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, to kill some 1,200 individuals and take 251 hostages, sparking the warfare in Gaza.
This body seize taken from an AFPTV footage reveals smoke billowing following an Israeli strike on the Hamas headquarters in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. (PENNEY / AFPTV / AFP)
Prime aides to Netanyahu are additionally beneath investigation for alleged legal ties to the Gulf state, with which Israel has no formal ties.
