Evidence

Multiple mainstream outlets — Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, France 24, Israel Hayom, and the IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) — confirm this event actually occurred in September 2026. Haaretz journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval published an investigation, tied to their forthcoming book 'Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment,' alleging UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed personally warned Netanyahu about 10 days before October 7, 2023 that Hamas was planning a major operation, and that Netanyahu did not brief Israel's security chiefs. Netanyahu's office called the report 'an absolute lie' and 'completely fabricated,' stating there was no communication with the UAE in that period, and Netanyahu instructed his lawyers to file a defamation/libel suit against Haaretz and called for a criminal probe. Haaretz has publicly stated it stands by its reporting. No fact-checking organization (Reuters Fact Check, AFP Fact Check, Bellingcat, EUvsDisinfo) appears to have issued a specific verdict on the underlying UAE-warning claim itself; the situation remains an active, contested news dispute between the two parties rather than a matter that has been independently forensically verified.