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Report: Egypt’s spy chief warned Israel of major Hamas attack 11 days before Oct. 7
The report says Kamel urged Israeli officials to make economic concessions to Hamas, but it remains unclear how leaders handled the warning.
- Egypt's then-intelligence chief Abbas Kamel visited Israel 11 days before the Hamas-led October 7 attack and warned officials that the group appeared to be preparing a major assault, according to The Atlantic.
- On September 26, 2023, Kamel arrived at Ben Gurion Airport aboard a chartered Cessna, coinciding with a Jerusalem ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War where Netanyahu spoke.
- Kamel urged Israel to grant Hamas economic concessions to avert conflict, while officials from seven countries told the magazine the visit should have alerted senior Israeli leaders to the threat.
- Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel's national security adviser at the time, denied the visit occurred or that Egypt delivered any warning, while Netanyahu's spokespeople did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
- Netanyahu reportedly plans to sue Haaretz over reports he knew of the threat beforehand; separately, reports indicate the UAE warned the prime minister about Hamas's plan a month before the attack.
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Netanyahu Denies Clues: Report: Egypt's Head of Intelligence Also Warned Israel Against Hamas Attack
A newspaper from Israel claims that Prime Minister Netanyahu has been warned of Hamas' attack. He denies everything and goes against "Haaretz". Now another medium is working. According to this, Egypt's secret service chief even travelled to Israel to avert disaster.
Less than two weeks before Hamas' terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, Egypt's chief of intelligence had travelled to Israel, reports The Atlantic. The office of Prime Minister Netanyahu denied.
·Vienna, Austria
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Fatah's former senior official Sufian Abu Zaida, who mediated between Israel and Hamas prior to October 7, 2023 and warned of an imminent attack, said Israel's military and intelligence services were aware of a...
·Bucharest, Romania
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Total News Sources26
Leaning Left5Leaning Right6Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Right
38% Right
L 31%
C 31%
R 38%
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