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UAE official declines to confirm MBZ warning to Netanyahu
By The BriefBrief · Sources (13)
Filed: Sep 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM ET
Summary: A UAE official declined to explicitly confirm or deny reports that President Mohammed bin Zayed warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of an imminent Hamas attack before Oct. 7, 2023. The account centers on conflicting interpretations of what MBZ allegedly told Netanyahu ahead of the attack.
WHO: A UAE official
WHAT: Declined to explicitly confirm or deny reports of a warning from UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Oct. 7, 2023
WHEN: Oct 7, 2023
WHERE: United Arab Emirates
WHY: The official was responding to reports about whether MBZ warned Netanyahu of an imminent Hamas attack ahead of Oct. 7, 2023.
Sources (13):
ABC Australia,
ARY News,
CBS News,
CNN World,
Dawn Pakistan,
Deutsche Welle,
France 24,
Jerusalem Post,
Middle East Eye,
PBS NewsHour,
Straits Times,
Tehran Times,
The Hindu
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