Tel Aviv, Sept. 30 -- 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, dur...