Ten days before October 7, MBZ informed Netanyahu of a major Hamas offensive

• According to Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment (חטופים – 843 ימים של הפקרה), a new book by Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval (Kinneret Zmora Editions), the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ), called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a few days before the October 7 attack. He informed him that Hamas' military chief Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major offensive against Israel. The call lasted 45 minutes. The prime minister replied that Israel was (…)