Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew secretly on a private plane, not on Wing of Zion, and landed in Abu Dhabi. He met with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed, who according to reports explicitly warned Netanyahu just a week and a half before October 7 of a planned operation by Yahya Sinwar. Bahrain was one of only two Arab countries that kept a representative at the UN General Assembly during Netanyahu's speech alongside Bahrain.

