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Sufian Abu Zaida

Former defense minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Yonit Levi and Amit Segal of Channel 12 news in an interview broadcast on February 6, 2024. (Channel 12 screen capture)
September 27, 2026, 11:11 pm
Gallant says Shin Bet received Sinwar ‘quake’ warning before Oct. 7, but misread its meaning
Ex-defense minister says message was assessed as relating to talks about Israeli held hostage in Iraq, not preparations for assault; claims he was never told of reported UAE or Egyptian warnings
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a press conference in Tel Aviv on July 13, 2024, during the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Nir Elias / Pool / AFP)
September 27, 2026, 2:31 pm
Netanyahu’s narrative of ignorance on October 7 is rapidly unraveling
New reports detailing warnings conveyed by Egypt and the UAE before the massacre shatter PM’s claim the security establishment kept him in the dark; if anything, it was the other way around
By Amir Bar Shalom
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip on November 19, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
September 25, 2026, 11:53 pm
Despite pre-Oct. 7 warnings, PM reportedly opposed strikes on Hamas leaders, feared harming Saudi peace talks
NYT says Netanyahu pushed back on security chiefs’ proposals for strikes in Gaza, stressing need for calm; separate report says Egypt spymaster flew to Israel to warn Hamas was mobilizing
By ToI Staff
Sufian Abu Zaida speaks to Alghad TV, September 24, 2026. (Video screenshot)
September 25, 2026, 3:26 pm
Former PA minister details Sinwar’s pre-Oct. 7 warning to Israel of coming ‘earthquake’
Sufian Abu Zaida says secret Israel-Hamas talks were nearing deal for 4 Israeli captives when Hamas chief told him to convey ominous message word for word, shows his handwritten note; Israeli security officials told him they lost sleep over it
By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
From left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Palestinian Authority minister Sufian Abu Zaida and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool Photo via AP, Screen capture/Facebook, AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
September 22, 2026, 1:36 am
Ex-PA minister: Israel, Hamas were nearing deal on 4 Israelis held in Gaza before Oct. 7 onslaught
Sufian Abu Zaida says talks sought hostage deal and relief for Gaza; vows to reveal message Sinwar asked him to convey to Israel weeks before attack in upcoming TV interview
By ToI Staff
From left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Palestinian Authority minister Sufian Abu Zaida and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool Photo via AP, Screen capture/Facebook, AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
September 18, 2026, 6:17 pm
Ex-PA minister says he’ll soon reveal his pre-Oct. 7 mediation between Israel and Hamas, and message he conveyed from Sinwar
Journalist subsequently identifies Sufian Abu Zaida as go-between who delivered Hamas chief’s threat of impending ‘earthquake,’ which spurred call to Netanyahu from UAE leader
By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid of the Blue and White party give a joint a statement in Tel Aviv on February 21, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 24, 2019, 6:21 am
Arabic press sees threat to Netanyahu in Gantz: 5 things from the past week
Saudi-owned newspaper reports centrist merger has aroused ‘alarm’ in Israeli right leadership; Morocco dismisses report of Netanyahu-Moroccan FM meeting as ‘rumors’
By Adam Rasgon
February 11, 2014, 5:05 pm
Fatah-Hamas reconciliation almost final, reports say
PA delegation talks with Gaza rulers; Fatah members warned against cooperating with renegade ex-security chief Dahlan
By Elhanan Miller
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)
February 7, 2014, 12:13 pm
After Abbas: It’s battle stations for the men who would be president
An exiled former close aide is openly challenging the leadership; others are moving more subtly; and the most likely candidate is behind bars
By Avi Issacharoff
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