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Egypt's Pre-October 7 Hamas Attack Warning
Reporting indicates Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel personally warned Israel of an imminent major Hamas attack less than two weeks before October 7, 2023, adding to questions about how Israeli officials handled pre-attack warnings.
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## Overview
Egypt's then-intelligence chief Abbas Kamel reportedly made an unusual 67-minute trip to Israel less than two weeks before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack to warn Israeli officials that intelligence indicated Hamas was mobilizing for a major assault, according to Atlantic staff writer Vivian Salama (Bloomberg, October 3).
## Details
Salama said Egypt was among several regional governments that raised concerns before the attack, while questions remain about who received the warnings within Israel and how officials responded (Bloomberg, October 3).
## Why it matters
This reporting feeds into ongoing scrutiny of Israeli intelligence failures ahead of October 7, with potential political and legal ramifications for Israeli leadership and continued investigative journalism likely to surface further details.