Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan

Netanyahu, UAE president discuss flight security after flydubai incident

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed on Wednesday after a Flydubai incident raised questions over security arrangements for flights between the countries.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 24, 2026.
An Israeli man presents his passport for control upon arrival from Tel Aviv to the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, on November 26, 2020, on the first scheduled commercial flight operated by budget airline flydubai, following the normalisation of ties between the UAE and Israel.

Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv veers off course to Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu meets with UAE president

A satellite view shows tunnel entrances at Pickaxe Mountain, of the Natanz nuclear facility, near Natanz, Iran, June 30, 2026.

Iran is renewing progress on its nuclear program, Netanyahu tells UAE President MBZ - report

Libya's Saddam Haftar during a meeting with US officials; illustrative.

Libyan leader Haftar's airplane was in Abu Dhabi at same time as Netanyahu's visit - report


UAE confirms Netanyahu visit, discussion over bilateral relations with MBZ via state news agency

The report by WAM was the first UAE confirmation of Netanyahu's visit. Earlier this year, the UAE denied that MBZ met with Netanyahu after the PMO said Netanyahu had visited in May.

e President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, delivers a speech during a banquet official toast at the official presidential residence, in Berlin, Germany, September 10, 2026.

Iran center of Netanyahu, MBZ talks during Israeli PM's brief six-hour visit to UAE

The prime minister also reportedly requested that MBZ deny the recent reports claiming that he had warned him of an impending Hamas attack before October 7.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the United Nations in New York City, September 24, 2026.

Ex-Mossad diplomacy official says he was unaware of Egypt, UAE warning Netanyahu before Oct. 7

"I do not recall any reports regarding a warning from MBZ and Sufian Abu Zaida , nor do I recall a visit by Abbas Kamel, Cohen said.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2026.

Netanyahu flies to Abu Dhabi for meeting with UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed, source tells 'Post'

The prime minister flew to the Emirates on a private flight and met MbZ, and the Prime Minister's Office did not comment on the meeting.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of the UAE Sheikh bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Netanyahu did not discuss UAE's October 7 warning at Gaza security meeting week of attack - report

The report comes as the prime minister, as well as UAE and US officials, deny allegations made in a Haaretz report that MBZ warned Netanyahu of a major Hamas attack in the days before Oct. 7, 2023.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the United Nations in New York City, September 24, 2026.

UAE official denies Abu Dhabi's MBZ warned Netanyahu of large-scale attack ahead of Oct. 7 - report

Abu Dhabi's state-owned English-language newspaper, "The National," described the statement as rejecting recent claims that a direct warning had been conveyed to Netanyahu.

An illustration of the Israeli and UAE flags.

Former IDF chief Halutz: Netanyahu concealed warnings before Oct. 7, bears ultimate responsibility

"The bottom lines of a discussion convened by the prime minister are the responsibility of the prime minister, not the other participants in the discussion," the former IDF chief said.

 The former Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, in a speech against the legal revolution. Suddenly they remembered his stock portfolio

Dermer denies Netanyahu, UAE leader spoke before October 7 massacre, war

Dermer, one of Netanyahu’s closest confidants and a central figure in Israel’s relations with the US and the Gulf states, said he would have known had such a call taken place.

Ron Dermer speaks with Yaakov Katz at the MEAD Conference in Washington, DC.

Officials in Biden admin. 'unaware' of UAE's October 7 warning to Netanyahu, sources tell 'Post'

Even in the period after the massacre, Biden administration officials did not hear that the UAE had issued a specific warning, the sources told the Post.

Then-US president Joe Biden speaks with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023; illustrative.

UAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas attack days before October 7 massacre, Haaretz reports

MBZ warned Netanyahu of a major operation planned by Yahya Sinwar, 10 days before October 7 • Netanyahu said to have dismissed the warning, failing to alert Israeli security chiefs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's Office, during Rubio's visit, in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025