Netanyahu's Secret UAE Visit Amid Attack Warning Scandal
At a secret meeting with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked him to refute information that the UAE had warned Israel about an impending Hamas attack in November 2023.
Consensus
- Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to Abu Dhabi.
- The visit was with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahayan.
- The meeting took place in September 2024.
- The visit was not announced by Netanyahu's office.
- Netanyahu used a private aircraft owned by an Israeli businessman.
- The visit occurred amid a scandal involving allegations that the UAE warned Israel about the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
- Netanyahu denied the allegations that he failed to pass on warnings from the UAE to Israeli intelligence.
- The UAE did not confirm or deny the claims made by Haaretz.
Points of divergence
- The meeting lasted about an hour and the sole topic was Netanyahu's request to the UAE president to deny that the UAE had warned Israel about the October 7 attack. — kommersant
- The Wall Street Journal reported that Egyptian authorities three times warned Netanyahu about the impending attack, which he ignored. — kommersant
- The visit took place on September 27. — vm
- The visit took place on September 24. — vesti
- More than 200 former Israeli military and government officials signed a letter calling on Netanyahu to stop 'Jewish terrorism'. — vm
- The Istanbul General Prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and other Israeli officials over genocide charges related to the detention of activists from a flotilla attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza in October 2025. — vm
Coverage (6 sources)
- Netanyahu secretly flew to UAE. According to media reports, he asked to refute information that he was warned about a Hamas attack — BBC News Русская служба
- President of UAE discussed bilateral relations with Netanyahu — Вести
- AP: Netanyahu's secret visit to UAE linked to warnings of October 7 attack — Коммерсантъ
- Netanyahu secretly visited Abu Dhabi to meet with the president of the UAE — Вечерняя Москва
- Kan: Netanyahu secretly visited Abu Dhabi to meet with the president of the UAE — Вести
- Netanyahu secretly visited UAE — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- UAE
- Israel
- United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi
- Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahayan
- Media
- Kan
- Hamas
- Moscow
- AP
- Muhammad bin Zaid
- WAM
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