Washington, Sept. 29 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (local time) expressed regret for a missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar, in a three-way call with US President Donald Trump, the White House said.

US President Donald Trump on Monday local time held a trilateral phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, White House said in a release.

Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his "deep regret" that Israel's missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar "unintentionally killed" a Qatari serviceman, the release said.

The President expressed his desire to put Israeli-Qatar relations on a "positive track after years of mutual ...