Egypt's intelligence chief, Abbas Kamal, visited Israel on September 26, 2023, and warned that it appears that Hamas is preparing for a major attack. He urged Israel to ease tensions and warned: "If you don't change course, Gaza is going to blow up in your face."

Egypt's intelligence chief, Abbas Kamal, visited Israel on September 26, 2023, and warned that it appears that Hamas is preparing for a major attack. He urged Israel to ease tensions and warned: "If you don't change course, Gaza is going to blow up in your face."

The warning did not include a date or specific details about the October 7 attack, and Israeli officials later disputed whether a direct warning had been received.

The report says that many sources believed that Kamal's own visit should have raised the alarm, with a former Israeli official saying: "The messenger was the message."

Source: The Atlantic