{
  "id": 10762997,
  "title": "Netanyahu says he filed libel lawsuits over October 7 warning allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/netanyahu-says-he-filed-libel-lawsuits-over-october-7-warning",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T19:00:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-says-he-filed-libel-lawsuits-over-october-7-warning"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he has initiated defamation lawsuits against claims that he was given warnings prior to the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. In a post on X, the prime minister labeled the assertions \"false slanders\", asserting that it is no coincidence these lies are being disseminated now, on the eve of elections, by political adversaries and hostile foreign entities seeking to overthrow his right-wing government and install a left-wing-Arab parties administration. This administration is accused of striving to establish a Palestinian state.\n\nEarlier this month, Haaretz reported that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed had cautioned Netanyahu about a potential attack by Hamas ten days prior to the events of October 7, 2023.",
  "summary": "Netanyahu says he filed libel lawsuits over October 7 warning allegations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he filed defamation lawsuits against allegations that he had received warnings ahead of the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023. In a post on X, the prime minister called the claims \"false slanders\", writing that \"it is no coincidence that…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Netanyahu files libel suit against Haaretz following exposé on explicit warning before October 7",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/netanyahu-files-libel-suit-against-haaretz-following-expose-on",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:12:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Has Netanyahu's postponement of a state commission of inquiry into October 7 backfired? - analysis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/has-netanyahus-postponement-of-a-state-commission-of-inquiry-into",
        "published": "2026-09-29T18:18:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}