
AI-generated summary
Israel and the UAE normalized relations in 2020 as part of the Abraham Accords. On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Hamas movement launched a large-scale attack on Israel, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage. After the attack, allegations emerged that the UAE warned Israel about the impending attack a week and a half before the event.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the UAE on Sunday.
The visit was dedicated to strengthening relations between the two countries and solving problems in the region.
The Office of the Israeli Prime Minister has denied fake news about the purpose of the visit.
MOSCOW, September 29 - RIA Novosti. Israeli Prime Minister Binmin Netanyahu's office confirmed his visit to the UAE on Sunday, saying it was focused on strengthening relations between the countries and issues in the region.
Earlier, the Emirati news agency WAM reported that Netanyahu visited the UAE on Sunday and discussed relations between the two countries with the Emirati president.
“The visit was dedicated to strengthening relations between the two countries and challenges in the region,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement published on the social network X.
According to the report, the prime minister was accompanied by his wife Sarah, as well as the head of Israel's National Security Council, Shmuel Ben-Ezr, the director of the Israeli Mossad intelligence service, Roman Hoffman, Secretary of War Guy Marchiseno and foreign policy adviser Ofir Falk.
The Prime Minister's Office also commented on an earlier Associated Press report regarding the Prime Minister's visit.
"Fake news. The visit was solely dedicated to strengthening relations between the two countries and solving regional problems," another office publication said.
Earlier, the Associated Press reported, citing sources close to Netanyahu, that the Israeli prime minister made a secret visit to the UAE over the weekend to ask the Emirati leader to deny reports that he warned his Israeli counterpart about the impending attack on Israel by the Palestinian Hamas movement in October 2023.
Earlier, Haaretz published an investigative article alleging that the UAE President warned the Israeli Prime Minister about the plans of the Palestinian Hamas movement a week and a half before the attack on October 7, 2023. After the conversation, Netanyahu, as stated in the investigation, did not inform either the then Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Army Herzi Halevi or the heads of the intelligence services about this.
On October 7, 2023, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. After this, fighters from the Palestinian Hamas movement entered the border areas, opening fire on military and civilians, and captured more than 250 hostages, a third of whom were never returned alive. According to authorities, about 1.2 thousand people died in Israel on the day of the attack.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Israel to conduct internal investigation into allegations of UAE warning of Hamas attack
Likely · Within weeks
UAE and Israel will continue to strengthen intelligence and security cooperation despite differences
Very likely · Within months

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