US President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that the recent Israeli airstrike on Qatar was ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not by the United States. “This was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu. It was not a decision made by me,” Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social, which he owns. Trump added that he instructed Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to warn Qatar of the attack. “He informed them, but unfortunately it was too late to prevent it,” Trump said. The statement came after Qatar’s Foreign Ministry rejected claims by the White House that it…
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