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A New York Times report said Netanyahu personally received a warning from the UAE leader about Hamas attack preparations before October 7 but pushed back on security chiefs' proposals to strike Hamas officials, citing a desire to protect nascent Saudi normalization talks. Separately, a former Palestinian Authority minister, Sufian Abu Zaida, described how Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar handed him a handwritten note warning of a coming 'earthquake' during secret Israel-Hamas talks over a hostage deal, a message so alarming that Israeli security officials said they lost sleep over it. The revelations add to a growing body of reporting scrutinizing intelligence failures and political calculations by Israeli leadership in the run-up to the October 7 attack.