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Bennett Says He Knows UAE Warning to Netanyahu Was Genuine

Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed in white traditional dress at left and Benjamin Netanyahu in a dark suit at right, with an October 7 memorial and a visitor holding German and Israeli flags between them, drawn in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel with cross-hatching on sepia paper.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said he knows that the reported warning from UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the October 7 massacre was genuine. Bennett told 103FM that bin Zayed warned Netanyahu that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning an operation, and said Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel also warned Netanyahu days before the attack that a major operation was being planned. Bennett did not say publicly how he knew. Netanyahu’s office denied that the reported Emirati call or warning occurred, calling the account “an absolute lie.”

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