Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Abu Dhabi and meets UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday, an Israeli senior official tells Reuters. The visit is unannounced. Netanyahu’s office and the UAE foreign ministry do not provide immediate comment.
The reports place the meeting in the context of previously reported warnings involving Hamas. The South China Morning Post notes that Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported this month that Sheikh Mohammed had warned Netanyahu about a week and a half before October 7, 2023 that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel. The Reuters-based items focus on the fact of the Abu Dhabi meeting, while the additional outlet context links it to that earlier warning.
Across the sources, the core event is the same: Netanyahu meets the UAE president in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with limited public explanation provided by either side at the time of reporting.
