Hunter Biden Claims Netanyahu Knew of October 7 Attack in Advance, Deliberately Allowed It to Proceed

Hunter Biden, son of former US President Joe Biden, said in an interview broadcast Thursday, September 17, 2026 on Britain's LBC radio, hosted by Andrew Marr, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew in advance that Hamas was planning the October 7, 2023 attack and 'deliberately' allowed it to proceed in order to carry out an unspecified 'plan' that he suggested would not otherwise have won support — an apparent reference to the subsequent Gaza war. Biden did not identify who else he believed was involved, did not present evidence for the claim, and did not specify what the alleged plan entailed, citing an unnamed 'explosive report' published in the preceding days. In the same interview he described the war in Gaza as 'akin to genocide' and said Netanyahu has made the world's Jews 'less safe than they've ever been since World War II or since the Holocaust.' The comments extended a pattern of Biden criticism of Netanyahu, including a prior interview in which he called the Israeli prime minister 'evil incarnate.'