Dhaka, Sept. 10 -- Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Qatar on Tuesday, escalating its military action in the Middle East with what the US described as a unilateral attack that does not advance American and Israeli interests.

US President Donald Trump said he was "very unhappy about every aspect" of the Israeli strike and would be giving a full statement on the issue on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

"I'm not thrilled about it," Trump said as he arrived at a Washington restaurant. "It's not a good situation, but I will say this: We want the hostages back, but we're not thrilled about the way it went down today."

While Israel defended the attacks as being justified, Qatar said Israel was treac...