Netanyahu to sue Haaretz over claims UAE warned him before October 7 attack

Israeli prime minister denies claim that UAE president warned him of Hamas plans before the 2023 attacks.Published On 10 Sep 202610 Sep 2026Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will sue the Haaretz newspaper over a report that claimed he was warned of Hamas’s plans for an offensive days before the attacks of October 7, 2023.In a statement on X on Wednesday, Netanyahu called the report “fabricated” and “false” and said he had instructed his lawyers to also sue Haaretz and the authors of the report, Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yaval.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4October 7 attack shapes Israel’s elections and fuels political blamelist 2 of 4Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says ‘Qatar is a hostile state’list 3 of 4What ‘right’ and ‘left’ mean in Israel todaylist 4 of 4Israeli parties submit slates for October Knesset electionsend of listThe report, published on Tuesday, claimed that the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Zayed had warned Netanyahu about a possible attack by Hamas 10 days before the events of October 7, 2023.Palestinian fighters killed at least 1,195 people in southern Israel on that day, and took some 251 others captive. Th...