Attempt to throw Netanyahu under the bus

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has vehemently denied a report alleging that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed warned him about an impending Hamas attack 10 days before October 7, 2023. The claim, labeled an "absolute lie" by Netanyahu's office, originated from a new book, Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment, by journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval. The authors cite three anonymous foreign senior sources who claim the UAE head called Netanyahu to warn that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation. The article suggests the timing of the book's release and its promotion by Haaretz, a newspaper critical of Netanyahu, is a politically motivated attempt to discredit him weeks before the upcoming election.