Officials close to the United Arab Emirates’ leadership confirmed that Abu Dhabi warned Israel ahead of the October 7 massacre, contradicting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s categorical denial, according to an N12 report.

“There was a warning from the Emirates before October 7,” one source said. “I heard about it seriously within the first days afterward.”

The controversy began after Haaretz reported that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu roughly a week and a half before the massacre and warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was preparing an “earthquake.”

The Emirati source did not disclose the warning’s precise contents, how it was delivered or who in Israel received it. He also did not confirm that it was the same warning reportedly conveyed directly to Netanyahu.

A second source familiar with the Emirati government’s decision-making said Abu Dhabi effectively confirmed the report through its carefully worded official response.

The UAE Foreign Ministry said that “all relevant intelligence was and continues to be shared between the relevant authorities,” without explicitly denying that a warning was issued.

Netanyahu, however, flatly denied that any such conversation or warning occurred.

“Complete fake news. There was no conversation and there was no warning,” Netanyahu told Yinon Magal, adding that such a call would have been recorded and attended by additional officials.

Netanyahu later announced that he would sue Haaretz over what he described as a “fabricated blood libel that never happened.”

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