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Netanyahu was warned by UAE president of major Hamas attack 10 days before Oct. 7: Haaretz

Haaretz says the warning came through a Palestinian intermediary and an Emirati adviser, and Netanyahu did not brief Israel’s top security chiefs.

  • Haaretz reported on Tuesday that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of an imminent Hamas "earthquake" in late September 2023, though Netanyahu's office categorically denied the conversation, calling the report "an absolute lie."
  • Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar reportedly told an intermediary he was preparing a "terrifying operation" and an "earthquake" in September 2023, with intelligence about this threat reaching the Shin Bet by September 15, 2023.
  • Former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi reportedly stated they were never informed of the Emirati warning, while Netanyahu allegedly claimed Hamas was focused on the West Bank during that period.
  • Opposition leaders including former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and electoral challenger Gadi Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of "criminal negligence," demanding an independent commission of inquiry and declaring him unfit to serve.
  • The investigation parallels separate allegations that Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel warned Netanyahu of "something unusual" before the October 7, 2023, attack, which killed 1,221 people and triggered the ongoing conflict.
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The fact that Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu was supposed to have ignored warnings of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 was already known. Now the accusation by a explosive revelation reaches a new dimension - and that shortly before the election. By J. Ley

·Hamburg, Germany
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a new wave of political pressure after a report that the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed, warned him about ten days before October 7, 2023, that Hamas was preparing a major operation against Israel. The report was published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, based on an investigation by its journalists for a new book. According to the report, Bin Zayed conveyed to Netany…

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The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied information from a journalistic investigation that the prime minister was warned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) about the attack by the Palestinian group Hamas several days before it took place, Agence France-Presse reported, BTA reported. "The publications circulated in the media are false. The prime minister was not warned by the UAE about the attack before October 7, 2023,"…

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Netanyahu claims he wasn't woken up early enough on October 7. But is that enough to persuade voters?

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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haaretz.co.il broke the news on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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