'Coal Eyes' Revealed: Ex-Fatah Official Says He Passed on Sinwar's Pre-Oct. 7 Warning to Israel
- On Friday, former Palestinian Authority minister Sufian Abu Zaida identified himself as the intermediary known as "Coal Eyes," who relayed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's warnings to Israel before the October 7, 2023, attack.
- During September 2023 negotiations, Sinwar warned Abu Zaida he was preparing a "huge surprise" and an "earthquake" if talks failed, prompting the intermediary to seek urgent counsel after concluding the threats were genuine.
- Abu Zaida passed the warning to an adviser to United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who allegedly warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the impending attack roughly 10 days prior.
- Netanyahu denied the conversation occurred, calling the report false, and has instructed his lawyers to pursue a defamation suit against Haaretz journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval over the allegations.
- The investigation by Eldar and Yuval renews scrutiny regarding warnings Israeli officials received before the October 7 massacre, as security establishment sources suggest knowledge of these contacts could have altered their intelligence assessments.
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Sufian Abu Zaida claims he was the intermediary between the then Hamas leader and the Israeli services - What does he say about the "earthquake" message if negotiations failed
Ex-Fatah official to reveal Sinwar's message to Israel before Oct. 7
In Haaretz's report about the warning Netanyahu received before the Hamas massacre, Sufian Abu Zaida was referred to as 'Coal Eyes' to protect his identity. He had mediated between Hamas and Israel before October 7, 2023
Former Palestinian Minister Claims He Relayed Sinwar Warning To Israel Weeks Before Oct. 7
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – A former Palestinian Authority minister has publicly identified himself as the intermediary who, according to a recent investigation, relayed a warning from then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to Israeli intelligence weeks before the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Sufian Abu Zaida, a former Fatah official and PA minister from Gaza, said in a video […]
Sufian Abu Zaida, a former Palestinian Authority minister, said in a Facebook video that he was the intermediary who delivered Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's warning to Israeli intelligence before the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack, the Times of Israel reported.
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