UAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before Oct. 7 attack, news report says

Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-08 · by The Associated Press
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UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed directly warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation just 10 days before it attacked on October 7, 2023. According to the report, this warning came in a conversation between the two leaders. No specific details are provided about what the warning entailed or how Netanyahu responded to it. The Haaretz daily published this information in a news report.
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Story summary

On October 7, 2023, a militant group called Hamas launched a major attack on Israel, but according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the planned operation days in advance. Specifically, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu 10 days before the attack and informed him that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza at the time, was planning a major offensive.

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📰 Hamas Israel Conflict
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Topics

Hamas Israeli JERUSALEM UAE the United Arab Emirates

Subjects

Hamas ORG · 2× Benjamin Netanyahu PERSON · 1× Gaza GPE · 1× Israeli NORP · 1× JERUSALEM GPE · 1× Mohammed bin Zayed PERSON · 1× Netanyahu PERSON · 1× UAE GPE · 1× Yahya Sinwar PERSON · 1× the United Arab Emirates GPE · 1×

Narrative

UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu 10 days before the attack and said Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza at the time, was planning an operation, the Haaretz daily said.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-08
2026-09-08 · Toronto Star
UAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before Oct. 7 attack, news report says · mixed framing

Claims (2 extracted, 1 hedged)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, according to an Israeli newspaper report. uncertain
group → warn → report
UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu 10 days before the attack and said Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza at the time, was planning an operation, the Haaretz daily said. asserted
Haaretz → speak → operation
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