Netanyahu asks UAE president to deny warning before 7 October attack
Netanyahu asks UAE president to deny warning before 7 October attack During a meeting in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to refute a report that he had warned Israel of an impending Hamas attack before the October 7 Ocober attack in 2023, The Associated Press reported. The meeting came after a report in the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, requesting that the Emirati leader deny a report that he had warned Israel of an impending Hamas attack before the October 7, 2023, attack, according to The Associated Press. The meeting occurred following a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the UAE had warned Netanyahu of a planned Hamas operation days before the Hamas-led attack.
The UAE Foreign Ministry has not commented on the latest report, maintaining "open and direct lines of communication" with Israel and sharing "all relevant intelligence." Netanyahu's office has also not provided an immediate response to the meeting or his request to bin Zayed.
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