# Book claims Netanyahu was warned of Hamas’s 7 October attack

https://mins.news/en/item/49988

- The Guardian, 2026-09-08 15:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/08/netanyahu-warned-7-october-hamas-book-haaretz

> A book by Haaretz reporters claims that UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan warned Benjamin Netanyahu about Hamas’s planned large-scale offensive roughly a week before 7 October 2023. Netanyahu called the allegation an “absolute lie” and denied speaking with the Emirati leader then, while opposition figures accused him of being unfit for office and demanded answers about the warnings.

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