Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced mounting pressure on 8–10 September 2026 after Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had warned him about a week and a half before the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks, which he allegedly dismissed. Netanyahu denied the report, threatened to sue Haaretz, and called it 'an absolute lie,' while Israeli opposition leaders demanded his removal from office.
A Haaretz investigation published Sept. 8 says UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a week and a half before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack that then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major operation against Israel [haaretz.com#4][theguardian.com#1][hurriyetdailynews.com#1][alarabiya.net#1][newarab.com#1][ynetnews.com#1]. T
Israeli opposition leaders on Tuesday called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit to serve after a bombshell report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Haaretz newspaper, in a report excerpted from a forthcoming book by its reporters, said UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke to Netanyahu a week and a half before the attack and told h
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied the report in Haaretz that the Emirati president had warned him Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied a Haaretz report saying UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan warned him shortly before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel [dw.com#1][lemonde.fr#1][euronews.com#1][nytimes.com#1]. The report, excerpted from a forthcoming book by Haaretz journalists, said the UAE leader spoke wit
Israeli media reported that the UAE contacted Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu before the October 7, 2023 attacks, warning him that Hamas was planning a major operation. The prime minister has rejected the reports.
The PMO stated that the story was completely fabricated, and that there had been no communication between Netanyahu and the UAE from the start of September, 2023, until the October 7 attack.
Israel's leader says a report claiming the UAE warned him in advance of Hamas' 2023 terror attack is politically motivated lies, but it's fueling fierce pre-election furor.
New reporting in Israel reveals that Prime Minister Netanyahu was warned that Hamas was planning a major attack, but he did not order any kind of action to prevent the Oct. 7 attack that killed over 1000. Netanyahu denied the allegation and threatened to sue the journalists who broke the story. Ali Rogin discussed how the report is impacting the election campaign in Israel with David Makovsky.