NEW DELHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his lawyers to file a libel lawsuit against left-wing newspaper Haaretz, journalist Shlomi Eldar and other parties over what he described as a fabricated report claiming that the United Arab Emirates warned him about a possible Hamas attack before October 7.

Netanyahu’s office calls the report by the newspaper “an absolute lie” and denies that he spoke to the Emirati leader at the time.

Israel's opposition leaders responded to a Haaretz report that Netanyahu received an explicit warning from the UAE President that Hamas was planning a major operation. Eisenkot…