The militant group says all of its leaders survived the attack but five lower-ranked members were killed

US President Donald Trump made a rare public break with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the leader’s decision to launch a unilateral attack against Hamas in Qatar “does not advance Israel or America’s goals”.

The strike on the militant group’s leadership in Doha, the capital of a US ally, dramatically escalated regional tensions and risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.

“This was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me,” Trump said in a social media post on Tuesday.

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