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Former prime minister Ehud Olmert told Qatari outlet Al Jazeera that the only explanation for the Doha strike on Hamas is that the Israeli government doesn’t care about the hostages.<\/p>\n
The only reason the attack on Hamas leaders in Doha took place is that the current government is not interested in bringing back the hostages, former prime minister Ehud Olmert<\/a> claimed during an interview for Qatari outlet Al Jazeera on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cIf someone wants to eliminate them at this moment, the only explanation for this operation is that they do not want to negotiate for the release of the hostages,” Olmert<\/a> said during the interview.<\/p>\n He further emphasized that “killing a negotiating team means you don’t want negotiations and don’t want the release of the hostages.”<\/p>\n According to Olmert, Hamas members should be punished, but the strike in Doha “was not in the right place or at the right time.”<\/p>\n Olmert added that the assassination attempt failed, and, in his view, its execution during the negotiations was “a hasty decision that led to a destructive result.”<\/p>\n