Netanyahu was warned of 7 Oct but did nothing about it, book claims

[Bambino 24,354]

Benjamin Netanyahu was personally alerted by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a large-scale offensive against Israel a week before its 7 October 2023 attack, but did not act on the warning, according to a book by Haaretz reporters.

The claim, which comes amid a crucial election campaign, prompted Israeli opposition leaders to describe the prime minister as “unfit” for office, even as Netanyahu denounced the report as an “absolute lie” and denied he spoke to the Emirati leader at that time.

Haaretz said the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, later killed by Israel, had warned a former Palestinian official that the militants were preparing “a terrifying operation” which he described as an “earthquake”.

According to the report, the UAE president, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, spoke to Netanyahu a week and a half before the attack, and told him Hamas was planning a major operation.

The allegations, published in Haaretz on Tuesday, pile more pressure on the Israeli prime minister who has already faced heavy criticism for his handling of events before the 7 October attacks.

Hamas militants killed more than 1,200 people and took another 251 people hostage during the offensive. Hundreds of Israelis, mostly soldiers, have been killed in continued fighting from consequent wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has left most of Gaza in ruins and killed more than 73,000 Palestinians.

The claims are contained in the book Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment, which, its authors say, is based on dozens of sources in Israel and worldwide, including very senior officials.

According to Haaretz, bin Zayed communicated frequently with senior Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu and the Israeli president Isaac Herzog, with a UAE diplomat delivering a secure phone to the Israeli prime minister for the conversations.

A week and a half before 7 October, the reporters say, bin Zayed called Netanyahu from the presidential palace in Abu Dhabi and, in a 45-minute call, warned that Sinwar was planning a major operation which the Emirati leader was concerned could destabilise the region.

To bin Zayed’s surprise, Netanyahu reacted calmly to the news, the report said.

Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday denied that the UAE gave him a warning. “If there was any relevant information, it was passed through intelligence channels between the two countries,” the statement said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/08/netanyahu-warned-7-october-hamas-book-haaretz

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Bambino

[Bronco 27,343]

I remember when this was said back in like 2024 and people called it an antisemitic conspiracy theory 

 

[FATCAT 60,907]

Hopefully yahoo will lose in these upcoming elections and the right wing government will finally be stopped.

[River 128,504]

and at the same time his wife is starting a conspiracy theory that the left-wing party leader Yair Golan knew about the attack before.. like he's a traitor.

Netanyahu has so much blood on his hands, Israeli and Palestinian. 

[onTheBrink 1,673]

It is kinda suspicious that apparently one of the most aggressive and wide reaching intelligence agencies in the world wouldn't have known about it

[gagzus 24,650]

He probably knew he could use it to get sympathy tbh

[Bambino 24,354]

1 hour ago, FATCAT said:

Hopefully yahoo will lose in these upcoming elections and the right wing government will finally be stopped.

Please let him lose, for the sake of the planet.

[Bambino 24,354]

1 hour ago, River said:

Netanyahu has so much blood on his hands, Israeli and Palestinian. 

Say looses, what happens to him next? Jail?