Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Abu Dhabi on Sunday to discuss intelligence sharing and regional tensions with President Mohammed bin Zayed. The unannounced visit focused on a request for the UAE to refute reports that it provided early warning about the Hamas attacks on October 7, the Associated Press reported. i24NEWS stated that the leaders spent as many as 6 hours discussing Iran, though flight tracking data placed the prime minister on the ground for 4 hours.

The trip followed a Haaretz investigation claiming bin Zayed told Netanyahu that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning an "earthquake" roughly 10 days before the attacks. Netanyahu’s office has called these claims a "sinister plot" and is pursuing legal action against the newspaper. Although the UAE government issued an official statement denying the visit took place, the nations have deepened security cooperation, including a temporary Israeli Iron Dome deployment to the Emirates during the war with Iran.