UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed allegedly warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major offensive in Israel just days before the militant group launched its attack on 7 October 2023, Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz claimed on Tuesday.
Haaretz reported that at the end of September 2023 — 10 days before the attack — the UAE president spoke with Netanyahu for 45 minutes and said the leader of Hamas in Gaza at the time Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation.