United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed informed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in a phone call a week and half before the attacks of October 7th, 2023, that a major operation by Hamas in Gaza was being planned. President bin Zayed conveyed his fear that this attack would lead to major bloodshed and destabilize the region. However, Netanyahu failed to brief any of the key leaders of the IDF and Israeli security apparatus of this warning.
These allegations come from interviews with senior government officials in Israel and the UAE, along with others, conducted for a new book “Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment”, and this finding has been published for the first time today by the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. During a highly contentious election season in Israel, at a time where opponents of the sitting Prime Minister promise extensive inquiries into whether Netanyahu was aware of an imminent attack, these allegations are highly serious and the most recent in a series of stories about Netanyahu’s possible negligence prior to October 7th.
