Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Trump last Tuesday morning that Israel planned to attack Hamas leaders in Qatar shortly before the strike took place.

Axar.az informs, citing Axios, the White House has claimed it was notified only after missiles were in the air, giving Trump no opportunity to oppose the strike. Seven Israeli officials tell Axios the White House knew earlier, even if the timeline to stop it would have been tight.

According to the Israeli officials, Netanyahu did inform the White House very late in the game, but it was early enough that the strike still could have been called off.

Three Israeli officials told Axios Netanyahu called Trump about the impending strike around 8AM D.C. time. The first reports of explosions in Doha came at 8:51AM.

"Trump knew about the strike before the missiles were launched. First there was a discussion on the political level between Netanyahu and Trump, and afterwards through military channels. Trump didn't say no," a senior Israeli official claimed.

A second senior Israeli official said the U.S. was notified "well in advance" on a political level. "If Trump had wanted to stop it, he could have. In practice, he didn't."

Both officials said the missiles had not yet been fired when Trump and Netanyahu spoke, and claimed Israel would have called off the strike if Trump had objected to it.