Israeli media reports Netanyahu made an unannounced UAE visit; Netanyahu's office replied with no comment amid ongoing regional tensions.

Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi and met UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday. The meeting comes as scrutiny intensifies over a report about a pre-October 7 warning and Israel-UAE communication.

Netanyahu secretly travelled to the UAE and asked its president to deny reports he warned him of a Hamas attack before October 7, 2023.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz previously reported that Sheikh Mohamed warned Netanyahu about a week and a half before the Oct 7, 2023, attack. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu undertook an unannounced visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday, meeting United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan amid the escalating West Asia crisis. According to a senior Israeli official, the meeting reinforced regional diplomacy and addressed domestic security challenges. The visit followed a controversial newspaper report alleging that an Emirati leader had warned Israel of a major Hamas operation a week prior to the October 7, 2023 attacks, a claim strongly denied by Netanyahu. Neither the Israeli Prime Minister's Office nor the UAE Foreign Ministry issued an immediate comment regarding the talks, which occur ahead of Israeli elections.

The UAE has declined to comment specifically on the allegation, while affirming that open lines of communication have been maintained.