Overview

• Israel has enforced a level-3 travel advisory for the UAE, urging citizens to avoid non-essential trips due to credible terrorist threats to Israeli and Jewish individuals.
• The government has begun evacuating the majority of its diplomatic mission staff and their families from Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
• Officials attribute the heightened risk to possible retaliation after Israel’s June operations in Iran and its campaign in Gaza.
• Security warnings highlight plotting by Iran-backed groups, Hamas, Hezbollah and global jihadists, especially around Jewish holidays and Shabbat.
• The UAE’s March death sentences for the killers of Rabbi Zvi Kogan underscore the rare security incidents driving Israel’s tightened risk assessments.