Israeli PM Netanyahu Allegedly Ignored Oct. 7, 2023, Warning; US Then Provided $22B in Military Aid
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Donald Trump William Burns Benjamin Netanyahu Yahya Sinwar Hillary Clinton Mohammed bin Zayed
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The Haaretz report, based on work by journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval, alleges that United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) called Netanyahu approximately 10 days before the attack.
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During the reported conversation, MBZ allegedly warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major operation that could cause bloodshed, destabilize the region and damage the Abraham Accords.
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Netanyahu reportedly responded that Israel was prepared and that the more volatile threat probably came from the West Bank, not Gaza.
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The report further claims that Netanyahu did not tell Israel’s senior security officials about the conversation.
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It says the same underlying warning reached the Shin Bet through a separate Palestinian intermediary in mid-September.
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Israeli officials reportedly discussed it but did not interpret it as notice of an imminent attack from Gaza.
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Netanyahu’s office called the allegation a politically timed “malicious libel” and said no conversation occurred between Netanyahu and MBZ during the relevant period.
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His office said reviews by the Prime Minister’s Office, National Security Council and military secretariat found no record of such a call or of an Emirati representative bringing the secure telephone reportedly used for their conversations.
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Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his attorneys to pursue a defamation case.
Netanyahu instructed his attorneys to pursue a defamation case.
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Haaretz has stood by its reporting.
Haaretz has stood by its reporting.
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The United Arab Emirates has neither confirmed nor denied the allegation.
The UAE has neither confirmed nor denied the allegation.
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It said the two governments maintained direct communications and shared relevant intelligence when necessary.
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The Haaretz account alleges that MBZ also shared his concern with then-CIA Director William Burns and told him that he had tried to convince Netanyahu that Gaza was approaching an “explosion.”
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The CIA has not publicly disclosed what information Burns received, how the agency assessed it, or whether it shared the warning with other U.S. or Israeli officials.
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Hillary Clinton commented on the Netanyahu report on MS NOW's Morning Joe.
On Thursday, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commented on the Netanyahu report on MS NOW's Morning Joe.
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"[Netanyahu] wanted to see what they could plan so that then he could come down hard, and it would enhance his position," Clinton said in part.
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Within a day, the Pentagon ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group toward the eastern Mediterranean, strengthened regional air power, and began sending munitions to Israel.
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The Pentagon sent roughly 100 personnel and a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery in October 2024 to strengthen Israel’s defenses against Iranian missiles.
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The latest comprehensive estimate found that the United States provided at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel from Oct. 7, 2023, through September 2025.
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By April 2026, Pentagon officials were seeking more than $30 billion for critical munitions, including missile interceptors.
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By July, analysts estimated that the U.S. Patriot inventory had fallen from about 2,330 interceptors before the 2026 Iran war to between 759 and 827.
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By March 2025, the Education Department had warned 60 universities that they faced potential enforcement under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act for failing to protect Jewish students from discrimination and harassment.
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Trump formally established the Board of Peace in January 2026 and serves as its chair.
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The Haaretz allegation does not establish that Netanyahu knew the scale, timing or tactics of the Oct. 7 attack.
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