Kushner Calls Israel’s Doha Strike ‘Terrible,’ Says US Used Fallout to Push Gaza Deal
Kushner said the failed strike left Israel isolated and gave Washington leverage to secure a ceasefire that released 48 hostages.
- Jared Kushner, a special adviser to President Donald Trump, said Sunday the administration leveraged the fallout from Israel's failed September 9, 2025, strike in Doha to pressure the Israeli government into accepting a Gaza ceasefire deal.
- The Israeli Air Force operation in Qatar on September 9, 2025, failed to eliminate Hamas leaders, instead killing security personnel and leaving Israel globally isolated, which Washington utilized as diplomatic leverage.
- Exactly one month after the strike, on October 9, 2025, Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement that led to the release of 48 hostages and the freedom of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
- Despite the initial agreement, negotiations have stalled over the requirement that Hamas disarm, leading Israel to withhold additional troop pullbacks until the group dismantles its military infrastructure.
- Israel is now "quite happy" with the agreement, Kushner noted, adding that a new governing structure is expected to manage Gaza as the territory moves toward eventual demilitarization.
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Kushner says US used Doha strike fallout to push Israel into Gaza deal
The agreement has since encountered a major obstacle over the requirement that Hamas disarm. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News US negotiators used the international backlash against Israel following its failed attempt to kill Hamas leaders in Qatar as leverage to secure the Gaza hostage and ceasefire agreement, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said at a security conference in Ukraine. Kushner said Israel’s Sept. 9, 2…
Kushner: US used Israel’s isolation after botched Doha strike to force Gaza deal
Trump envoy calls Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar a military failure that left it isolated, saying Washington seized on the fallout to pressure Jerusalem into a Gaza agreement it initially resisted
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newenglishreview.orgKushner calls Israel’s Doha strike ‘terrible,’ says US used fallout to push Gaza deal
“Israel did the strike in Doha, which was a terrible thing,” Kushner said. “And obviously, it was unsuccessful as a military operation. And that led to Israel being globally isolated.”
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