President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner felt “betrayed” by Israel's airstrikes concentrating on senior Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, final month whereas negotiations with the terrorist group had been ongoing, Witkoff informed CBS News' “60 Minutes” on Friday, sitting subsequent to Kushner.
“I feel each Jared and I felt, I simply really feel we felt just a little bit betrayed,” Witkoff mentioned.
“I feel he felt just like the Israelis had been getting just a little bit uncontrolled in what they had been doing, and that it was time to be very sturdy and cease them from doing issues that he felt weren't of their long-term pursuits,” Kushner replied when requested about Trump's response to the assault on Sept. 9.
The assault “had a metastasizing impact as a result of the Qataris had been important to the negotiation, as had been the Egyptians and the Turks,” Witkoff added.
“We had misplaced the arrogance of the Qataris. And so Hamas went underground, and it was very, very tough to get to them,” the particular envoy added.
Witkoff realized in regards to the strikes on the morning after the assault, he associated.
The total interview is scheduled to air on Sunday.
These focused within the Israel Protection Forces- and Israel Safety Company (Shin Wager)-led strike in Qatar had for years directed the Palestinian terrorist group's operations.
They had been immediately answerable for the Oct. 7, 2023, bloodbath and have been managing the continuing conflict in opposition to Israel, in accordance with an IDF assertion on the time.
The navy mentioned measures had been taken to reduce civilian casualties, together with the usage of precision munitions.
It added that efforts would proceed with willpower to defeat Hamas.
It's believed that the majority Hamas leaders survived the incident.
Khalil al-Hayya, one of many officers who survived the assault, subsequently met with Witkoff and Kushner in Egypt to cement the ceasefire deal that went into impact on Oct. 10, according to Axios.
All 20 residing hostages held in Gaza have returned to Israel as a part of the deal, with 18 our bodies but to be returned.
