Egypt told Israel about possible violence three days before Hamas attacked across the border, according to a chairman of a US congressional panel.
Michael McCaul, who is in charge of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, informed reporters about the reported warning.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the reports are “not true at all”.
Israeli intelligence services are being questioned for not stopping the most deadly attack ever made by Palestinian militants in Israel’s 75-year history.
According to Mr. McCaul, who spoke to reporters after a private intelligence briefing, Egypt had told Israel three days before that something like this could occur.
“I don’t want to discuss classified information, but a warning was issued,” said the Texas Republican. I believe the question was asking about the level.
An Egyptian intelligence official recently told the Associated Press news agency that Cairo had warned Israel multiple times about a major event that was being planned from Gaza.
We told them that a big explosion in the situation is going to happen soon. But they didn’t fully understand or believe these warnings,” said the official, who chose to remain anonymous.
The person from Cairo said that Israeli officials have not been taking the threat from Gaza seriously and have been paying more attention to the West Bank.
Sir Alex Younger, who was in charge of the UK’s foreign intelligence agency from 2014 to 2020, stated that Hamas fighters were able to attack on 7 October because there was a lack of alertness and preparedness in Israel.
He said on BBC Radio 4’s Today Podcast that Israel may have thought that Hamas didn’t want another fight, so they ignored any information that proved otherwise.
“He said that he believes there is information that could have been understood differently and would definitely be seen that way later, even though he is not directly involved. ”
He said that feeling too confident and relying too much on technology to watch over Gaza may have made people feel safe when they shouldn’t have.
According to the Financial Times, two officials who were not named and knew about the situation said that there was no solid information about a particular attack.
On Wednesday, Mr. Netanyahu said that any claim about Israel being warned before the attack was completely false.
Egypt has the power to decide who can enter or leave the Gaza Strip. It also helps to make peace talks between Israel and Hamas.
Over 1,500 fighters forcefully broke through the Gaza security barrier in a planned attack on Saturday, using land, air, and sea means.
Over 1,200 people have died in Israel due to the attacks carried out by Hamas. Over 1,000 people died when Israel bombed Gaza.
Israel has been attacking Hamas targets in Gaza because of something they did. The people who live in Gaza have no electricity because their power plant ran out of fuel.
Hamas is upset with US President Joe Biden’s comments made on Tuesday. Biden said that Israel had a responsibility to react to the attacks, which he described as a very cruel act.
The Palestinian group said that Mr. Biden’s words were provocative and intended to increase tensions in the Gaza Strip.
After the Hamas attack, the US said it would send an aircraft carrier, ships, and jets to the eastern Mediterranean. They also promised to give Israel more supplies and weapons.