Lee Saunders

@leesaunders72.bsky.social

Actor. Writer. Coffee addict. Based Leeds UK. Rep. by AC Actors. acactors.net https://app.spotlight.com/7115-7869-1134 IMDb. Equity member.

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Former Palestinian minister claims he warned Israel ahead of 7 October attack - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/former-palestinian-minister-claims-he-warned-israel-ahead-7-october

Former Palestinian minister claims he warned Israel ahead of 7 October attack

<article data-history-node-id="447913" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/former-palestinian-minister-claims-he-warned-israel-ahead-7-october" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/former-palestinian-minister-claims-he-warned-israel-ahead-7-october" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Former Palestinian minister claims he warned Israel ahead of 7 October attack</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Former Palestinian Authority minister Sufian Abu Zaida was the intermediary who passed along a warning from then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to Israeli intelligence officials weeks before the 7 October attack, according to The Times of Israel.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a video posted on Facebook, Abu Zaida said that he was the unnamed source cited in an expose by Haaretz journalist Shlomi Eldar.</p> <p>Sinwar had threatened to cause an “earthquake” if talks with Israel over a long-term arrangement fell apart, he said.</p> <p>Abu Zaida, who until now was the Palestinian Authority’s minister for prisoner affairs, said he had acted as an intermediary, conveying a message from Sinwar to Israel.</p> <p>The Times of Israel reported that his disclosure is consistent with earlier speculation about the identity of the intermediary, including possible links to former senior Palestinian official Mohammed Dahlan.&nbsp;</p> <p>Haaretz’s account also reported that a warning was subsequently communicated to UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, who allegedly passed information to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, although Netanyahu has denied that account. &nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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