Egypt denies rumours about warning Israel on possible Hamas attack

Egypt has officially denied rumours that Egyptian intelligence allegedly warned Israeli counterparts and the Israeli government about a major Hamas operation being prepared ten days before the start of the war.

An official Egyptian source said that publications of this kind are absolutely untrue, according to zatmisr.com.

An intelligence official from Egypt has claimed Jerusalem ignored the country’s repeated warnings that Hamas was planning “something big.”

He further revealed that Cairo’s intelligence minister sent a direct notice to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, informing him of potential dangers.

However, Israeli officials reportedly played down the threat from Gaza as they were too focused on the West Bank.

“We have warned them an explosion of the situation is coming, and very soon, and it would be big,” the unnamed Egyptian intel official told the Associated Press. “But they underestimated such warnings.”

In his address to the nation on October 9 night, Netanyahu denied that his office received such warnings, calling the story “fake news.”