Two sources familiar with the details say the Biden administration was not aware of any “concrete warning” from the United Arab Emirates before October 7 indicating that Hamas was preparing a major attack on Israel. The sources added that even after the massacre, administration officials did not hear that the Emiratis had delivered such a specific warning to Israel, i24NEWS reported.

The report stressed that the Biden administration’s lack of knowledge does not establish that no such warning was ever passed to Israel. However, it noted that had the UAE delivered a significant and specific warning, it would be reasonable to expect Washington to have learned about it either before October 7 or in the aftermath.

The disclosure comes after Haaretz reported that roughly a week and a half before the massacre, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed held an unusual approximately 45-minute conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a “major move” against Israel.

Haaretz further claimed that then-CIA Director Bill Burns later heard from bin Zayed that he had attempted to convey to Netanyahu that “something there was about to explode.” The new i24NEWS report indicates that, despite those allegations, officials in the Biden administration were not familiar with any concrete Emirati warning of an impending Hamas attack.

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