JERUSALEM: If Israel failed to kill Hamas leaders in an airstrike on Qatar on Tuesday, it would succeed next time, the Israeli ambassador to the US said after the operation, which raised concerns it would torpedo efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza. “Right now, we may be subject to a little bit of criticism. They’ll get over it. And Israel is being changed for the better,” Yechiel Leiter told Fox News’ “Special Report” program late on Tuesday.

Israel has further cemented its reputation as a war-mongering state. Its strike on Tuesday in Qatar's capital, Doha, was among the most dangerous, unnecessary and harmful military…

‘They’ll get over it’, the Israeli ambassador to the US says in response to global anger over the air strikes that killed five Hamas members.