ISRAELI President, Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed he made a secret trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the height of the Iran war to meet the president.

Netanyahu revealed that he made the UAE trip to meet president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on March 26.

However, Emirates’ foreign ministry rejects claims that Netanyahu visited the country, describing them as “baseless”.

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In a statement on Wednesday May 13, Netanyahu’s office said: “This visit has led to a historic breakthrough in relations between Israel and the UAE.”

The two leaders reportedly met for several hours in Al Ain, an oasis city by the Oman border, on March 26.

A source told Reuters that Mossad director David Barnea also made at least two visits to the UAE during the war with Iran to coordinate military actions.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes (Image: Abir Sultan/Pool/AP)

Mossad is Israel’s national intelligence agency, responsible for intelligence gathering, covert operations, and counter-terrorism worldwide.

The visit between the two leaders is the latest milestone in a developing Middle East alliance.

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On Tuesday, May 12 the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, disclosed that Israel had shared its air defence system with the UAE, sending Iron Dome batteries and military specialists to operate them over the course of the war.

Mike Huckabee, approved as U.S. ambassador to Israel, looks on on the day of a meeting at the White (Image: Evelyn Hockstein, REUTERS)

But the United Arab Emirates’ foreign ministry denied the reports of Netanyahu’s visit to the country, adding that such claims were “baseless”.

It was also reported that the UAE had secretly carried out its own strikes on Iran, including an attack on a refinery on Lavan island in early April, in retaliation for Iranian attacks on its oil facilities, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The news comes as Israel passed a death penalty law for certain terrorism offences linked to the October 7 attacks.

The legislation passed by 93 votes to zero in the Knesset – the Israeli parliament – on Monday, with the remaining 27 lawmakers absent or abstaining from the vote.