UAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before October 7 attack, news report says

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the President of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group attacked on October 7, 2023, according to an Israeli newspaper report.

UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed spoke with Mr. Netanyahu 10 days before the attack and said Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza at the time, was planning an operation, the Haaretz daily said.

Mr. Bin Zayed said it would lead to bloodshed and could destabilize the region and undermine the Abraham Accords, the normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations, the newspaper reported.

But Mr. Netanyahu “reacted with relative calm,” according to Haaretz , which said he assured Mr. bin Zayed that Israel was prepared for any scenario and a possible attack was more likely to come from the occupied West Bank.