Netanyahu reveals he 'secretly' visited UAE during war on Iran
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reveals "secretly" visiting the United Arab Emirates during the latest round of unprovoked US-Israeli aggression against Iran.
The Israeli premier met with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Israeli media outlets reported on Tuesday, citing his office.
"This visit led to a historic breakthrough in relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates," the office added.
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According to Reuters, the meeting marked the first publicly confirmed meeting between Netanyahu and the Emirati president.
A source familiar with the meeting told the agency that Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed met on March 26 in the city of Al Ain in the Emirate of Dubai, near the Omani border.
The source said the meeting lasted several hours.
The disclosures came amid growing reports of Israeli-Emirati coordination during the aggression.
Earlier this week, senior US officials confirmed that the Israeli regime sent an Iron Dome battery and personnel to operate it in the UAE during the war.
Meanwhile, Arab officials and a source familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that David Barnea, head of the regime's Mossad spy agency, visited the Emirates at least twice during the war to coordinate related activities.
The reports additionally said the Israeli regime and the UAE coordinated an attack on a major Iranian petrochemical site.
The two sides entered a US-backed normalization deal in 2020.
On Monday, The Journal reported that the Emirates conducted a series of "covert" attacks against Iran during the American-Israeli aggression.
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According to the newspaper, one of the attacks targeted a refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island in early April. The strike occurred around the time US President Donald Trump was preparing to announce a ceasefire with Iran. The attack reportedly caused a large fire and forced the refinery offline.
The aggressors extensively used American outposts, troops, and equipment based in the Persian Gulf littoral states, including the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, as well as Jordan, to attack Iran.
Iran retaliated by staging at least 100 waves of decisive retaliatory operations against strategic American and Israeli targets across those states as well as throughout the occupied territories.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly warned states aiding the attackers against their continuing to turn their soil into launchpads for such unlawful aggression.
The country has, meanwhile, noted how hosting outposts and equipment belonging to the adversaries and aiding atrocities against the Islamic Republic has backfired by resulting in insecurity inside those countries rather than proving to their benefit.
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