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

An Israeli newspaper reports that the president of the United Arab Emirates privately warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just days before Oct. 7, 2023, that Hamas was preparing a major operation. According to the account, the warning came directly, leader to leader, shortly before Hamas fighters stormed out of Gaza in the deadliest attack in Israel's history.

The allegation matters because it adds to the scrutiny of what warnings Israel's leadership had in hand before the assault, and who delivered them. That the warning is said to have come from the UAE president also spotlights the quiet security channels between Israel and the Emirates, whose normalization deal made Abu Dhabi one of Jerusalem's most important regional partners.

What to watch is how officials in Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi respond to the report, whether further details emerge about the warning and what was done with it, and how the account shapes the ongoing reckoning over the intelligence and political failures surrounding Oct. 7.