Israel security agency files complaint over report Netanyahu visited UAE

Israel security agency files complaint over report Netanyahu visited UAE.

Key points

• On Sunday, Channel 12 and other Israeli media outlets documented that Netanyahu had visited the Gulf country to meet with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
• The visit came weeks after a bombshell Israeli media report that the Emirati president had cautioned Netanyahu ahead of Hamas's Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
• According to Israeli media, Netanyahu flew to the UAE on Sunday to ask Sheikh Mohamed to deny having given him that warning in 2023.
• Israel and the UAE formally established diplomatic relations in 2020 as part of the US-negotiated Abraham Accords.
• Neither country has confirmed Netanyahu visited the UAE, with Monday's statement the first acknowledgement of any kind by Israel.

Israel security agency files complaint over report Netanyahu visited UAE. AFP Published September 28, 2026 Updated September 28, 2026 11: 53pm. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

Israel's domestic security service filed a complaint against a TV channel that documented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the UAE, his office stated on Monday, the government's first acknowledgement of the trip despite not naming the destination.

"This evening the Shin Bet filed a complaint with the Chief Military Censor, demanding that Channel 12 be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law following a severe censorship violation, " read a statement from Netanyahu's office. It oversees the security agency.

For context, the visit came weeks after a bombshell Israeli media report that the Emirati president had cautioned Netanyahu ahead of Hamas's Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel. It the Israeli premier did not pass on to the security services. Netanyahu has denied the story.

Meanwhile, the publication of his visit "endangered the lives of the prime minister and his wife, as well as the delegation, which included the head of the Mossad" spy agency and other top security authorities, the PM's office stated in its statement.

For context, the visit was created public when the premier's plane was still outside Israeli airspace, it observed.

Mossad, which additionally operates under the prime minister's office, issued a similar condemnation, according to the statement.

For now, israel security agency files complaint over report Netanyahu visited UAE remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.