US President Donald Trump praised his country’s relations with Qatar, calling the Gulf nation a “great ally.”

Axar.az reports, citing Anadolu Agency, “Qatar has been a great ally. They also lead a very difficult life because they're right in the middle of everything. So they have to be a little bit politically correct in their terms. But I will tell you, they've been a great ally for the United States,” he told reporters while returning to the White House from Morristown, New Jersey.

Asked by reporters what his message was to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israeli strikes Tuesday on Qatar that killed five members of the Palestinian group Hamas and a Qatari security official, he warned Israel to be careful in its attacks.

“So Israel and everybody else, we have to be careful. When we attack people, we have to be careful,” he said.