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Luke Thomas: Israel IGNORED Direct Oct 7 Warning From UAE Leader
Luke Thomas: A Haaretz report says the UAE's leader warned Netanyahu directly before October 7, and that Hamas offered a hostage deal on October 7 and again on October 8 that Israel turned down. Luke Thomas breaks down what this means for everything we were told about the Gaza war.
The reporting, drawn from a book by a veteran Israeli journalist, describes a warning that went leader to leader, not just intel agency to intel agency. Netanyahu's response was to threaten a lawsuit against Israel's largest newspaper. Then the UAE put out its own statement that appeared to confirm the story. Luke…
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