Netanyahu’s office says he visited UAE secretly during the Iran war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau said Wednesday (May 13, 2026) that helium secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Iran war.

Mr. Netanyahu met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during the visit, the Israeli leader’s bureau said. It added that the sojourn “resulted successful a historical breakthrough successful relations betwixt Israel and the United Arab Emirates."

The announcement comes conscionable a time aft U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee revealed that Israel had sent Iron Dome air-defence weapons to the UAE on with unit to run them.

The UAE has not commented connected the reported sojourn by the Israeli leader.