Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly withheld October 7 warning from UAE President

Reports from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly received a direct warning regarding a major Hamas operation weeks before the October 7 attacks. According to the reporting, United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a 45-minute conversation with Netanyahu approximately a week and a half before the assault, warning that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a significant operation that could destabilize the region and undermine the Abraham Accords.

Internal documents and sources suggest that Netanyahu did not brief Israel’s security chiefs—including the heads of the Shin Bet, Mossad, or the Israel Defense Forces—about this specific warning. An unnamed Shin Bet official stated that the information could have “changed our entire assessment picture.” This disclosure adds to existing scrutiny regarding intelligence failures and the lack of an independent state commission of inquiry following the deadliest attack in Israel’s history.