Israeli military chief secretly visits UAE during war with Iran: Israeli state media

JERUSALEM, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir and other senior officers secretly visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the recent war with Iran, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported on Friday.

The channel said that during his visit, Zamir met with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and senior security officials.

The channel did not specify the exact date of the visit during the war, which broke out on Feb. 28 and lasted until a ceasefire on April 8.

On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that he had secretly visited the UAE during the war and met with the UAE president.

However, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied that Netanyahu had visited the country.

Previous media reports said that the chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, David Barnea, and the head of Israel's domestic security agency Shin Bet, David Zini, also secretly visited the UAE during the war.

Kan noted that the visits indicate a strengthening of ties between Israel and the UAE. Enditem