# Netanyahu faces mounting backlash over report of UAE warning before Oct. 7 attack

https://mins.news/en/item/50638

- CNN, 2026-09-09 02:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/middleeast/netanyahu-report-warning-uae-hamas-attack-intl?Date=20260909&Profile=CNN

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing intensified political backlash over a report that the UAE president warned him days before the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that Hamas was preparing a major operation. Netanyahu denies receiving the warning.

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