The Prime Minister's Office issued an official statement Tuesday evening denying that the United Arab Emirates provided any warning ahead of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. The statement directly refutes recent reports alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days before the massacre. Earlier tonight, The Zioneer reported that UAE sources had declined to confirm or deny the claim.
The Prime Minister's Office issued a direct denial Tuesday evening, stating that the United Arab Emirates provided no warning to Israel before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. "No warning was given from the UAE before October 7," the PMO said in an official statement. The denial follows a day of conflicting signals: earlier Tuesday, a Haaretz investigation claimed that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ten days before the massacre to warn of a major Hamas operation. By 15:15 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the PMO expected the UAE to formally deny the report, and that Palestinian and Gulf sources attributed the leak to Mohammed Dahlan. At the same hour, UAE sources told Israeli media they would neither confirm nor deny the report, citing "personal conversations of the emir." The PMO's latest statement goes further than its earlier dismissal of the Haaretz report as an "absolute lie," now asserting that no warning of any kind was transmitted from the UAE. Opposition leaders have called for a full inquiry into the allegations. The UAE has not issued an official response to the PMO's denial.
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