{"id":2064716,"date":"2023-10-12T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egypt-gave-warning-about-hamas-attack-republican-says\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:47:20","slug":"egypt-gave-warning-about-hamas-attack-republican-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egypt-gave-warning-about-hamas-attack-republican-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt warned about a Hamas attack, according to a Republican."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fegypt-gave-warning-about-hamas-attack-republican-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2064716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Chip\u200d Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN&#8217;s James Meyers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>8:40 AM \u2013 Thursday, October\u2064 12, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Egypt issued a warning to Israeli intelligence officials about a potential terrorist attack three\u2062 days before Hamas carried out an assault that resulted\u200d in \u200cthe\u200b deaths of\u200d nearly 1,300 people, \u200daccording \u2064to the Republican chairman of\u2062 the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;We know the Egyptian \u200cintelligence service handed this off days before the\u2063 terrorist invasion, if you will, \u2064or attack,&#8221; Rep. Michael\u2064 McCaul (R-Texas) told \u200c <em>CNN<\/em> following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egypt-gave-warning-about-hamas-attack-republican-says\/\" title=\"Egypt warned about a Hamas attack, according to a Republican.\">closed-door intelligence\u2062 briefing<\/a>. &#8220;So, there&#8217;s a \u2064lot of\u200c questions about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>McCaul also reportedly added that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/netanyahu-every-hamas-member-is-a-dead-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the attack<\/a> could have been planned as\u2062 far back as \u2063a year ago. &#8220;We&#8217;re not quite sure \u2064how we missed it.\u200b We&#8217;re not quite sure how Israel missed it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The comments by the Texas Republican came two days after an Egyptian intelligence official told the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that Israel &#8220;underestimated&#8221; warnings from Cairo that &#8220;an explosion \u2064of the situation is coming, \u2062and very soon,\u200d and\u2064 it \u2063would \u2063be big.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s office denied the report and said it was &#8220;totally fake news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No message in advance has arrived from Egypt and\u2063 the Prime Minister has neither\u200b spoken, \u2064nor met, with the head of Egyptian\u2064 intelligence since the formation of the government,\u200c neither directly nor indirectly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u200b McCaul said Wednesday that it was unclear at what level the intelligence was \u2062shared.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure there \u2063are a lot of threat streams coming in \u200cto Israeli intelligence, particularly out of Gaza and the\u200b West Bank,&#8221; he told\u200d <em>CNN<\/em> host Wolf Blitzer. \u200d&#8221;But, you\u2062 know, the thing is, Wolf, they \u200c\u2014 we\u2063 know Hamas have\u200c been planning \u2063this attack for quite some\u200c time, perhaps even up to a year ago.\u200c And \u2062the\u2064 idea that it\u2063 was not\u200d caught raises some concerns, also when it comes \u2062to groups like Hezbollah and Iran as well. We need to \u2062make sure we\u2063 don&#8217;t make that mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;For Israel, this is like their 9\/11,&#8221; McCaul added. &#8220;I mean, \u200cit really is. It&#8217;s very reminiscent of what we went through in the United States\u2064 when\u200d we did \u2063have a \u200cfailure \u2062of intelligence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2064Jewish state \u200dwas caught off guard by Saturday&#8217;s surprise terrorist attack,\u200d when over 1,500 Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza border\u200c fence in a number of different locations, killing over 1,200 \u200cIsraeli civilians, leaving \u20633,000 \u200cwounded and over 100 taken hostage. It took \u200dIsrael&#8217;s military several hours to respond to the killings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;This\u2064 is\u200c a\u2063 major failure,&#8221; admitted Yaakov Amidror, a former\u200c national \u200csecurity adviser to \u200cNetanyahu. &#8220;This operation actually proves that the (Israeli intelligence) abilities in \u2064Gaza were no good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden has pledged support to Israel\u200c but reports suggest that he privately\u200b urged \u2063Netanyahu to minimize civilian casualties with the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-question-need-for-u-s-military-strike-in-syria\/\" title=\"Democrats question need for U.S. military strike in Syria\">retaliatory air strikes<\/a> in\u2063 Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of \u200dState Antony Blinken arrived in Israel\u2063 Thursday, while Defense Secretary Lloyd\u2063 Austin \u2063is set \u2063to arrive on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u200dbreaking\u200d news blasts directly\u200d to your\u2063 inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The State Department confirms the American Death \u2064Toll \u200cin Israel, \u200cIAF continues to \u200dput pressure on \u200dHamas and Scalise edges out Jordan for House\u2063 Speaker.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As Israel remains under attack\u2062 by Hamas terrorists, many \u200cpeople don&#8217;t understand the history of the tension.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Israel \u2063expected to launch ground assault:\u2063 &#8220;What will \u2063Joe Biden say \u200ctwo weeks\u2062 from \u2064now when the\u200c death tolls inside Gaza are growing and people are calling Israel&#8217;s \u200cactions\u2062 a humanitarian\u2064 crisis a violation of international\u2062 law?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>With\u2063 wide-open borders,\u2063 the CBP (U.S. Customs and \u2064Border \u2063Protection) has\u200d flagged more than 73,000 illegals as\u200c &#8220;Special Interest Aliens&#8221; who may \u2064have ties \u2064to terrorist groups. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Internet companies Google, Amazon and \u2062Cloudflare say they\u200b have weathered the internet&#8217;s largest-known denial of service attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Samsung said its preliminary \u200bthird-quarter\u2064 profit dropped by a smaller-than-expected \u200b78%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The EU&#8217;s industry\u200b chief \u200bgave Meta 24 \u2064hours \u2064to inform him of measures taken\u2063 to counter the spread of disinformation on its platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU antitrust regulators are asking\u200b Microsoft&#8217;s\u200d users and rivals whether Bing \u2063should comply with\u2062 new tough tech rules.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What steps are being taken by the United \u2062States to support Israel and address the intelligence failure<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Egypt Warned Israel About Potential Terrorist Attack Days Before Hamas \u2063Assault<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising turn of events, it has been revealed that Egypt issued\u2063 a warning \u2062to Israeli intelligence officials\u200d about a potential terrorist attack three days before Hamas carried out\u200c a devastating assault that resulted in the deaths of nearly \u20641,300 people. This information \u200cwas shared by\u200b the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas).<\/p>\n<p>According to McCaul, the Egyptian intelligence service passed on\u2063 this warning several days prior\u2062 to\u200b the terrorist invasion. He\u2064 expressed concerns about the situation and raised questions about why the attack was not prevented.\u200c Additionally, McCaul suggested that the planning for this attack could have taken \u2063place as far back as a year ago, leaving both the United States and Israel wondering how such crucial information was missed.<\/p>\n<p>These comments by the Texas Republican came shortly after an Egyptian intelligence\u2063 official told the \u200cAssociated Press that \u200cIsrael had &#8220;underestimated&#8221; \u2064warnings from Cairo. The official\u2064 emphasized that\u200b an explosion \u2062of the situation\u200b was imminent \u200dand would have significant ramifications. However, Israeli Prime Minister\u200d Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s office promptly denied this report, calling it\u200d &#8220;totally fake news.&#8221; Netanyahu&#8217;s office asserted that no advance message\u2062 had been received from Egypt and that there had been no communication between the Prime Minister and\u200d the head of\u200c Egyptian intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>McCaul further commented that it remains unclear at what level the intelligence was shared. He acknowledged the numerous threat streams that \u200cIsraeli intelligence constantly receives, particularly from Gaza and the West Bank. McCaul expressed\u200d concerns not only about Hamas but also about groups\u2062 like \u2064Hezbollah\u2062 and Iran. He stressed the need to learn from this situation \u200band\u2062 avoid making the same intelligence failure.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing parallels to the United States&#8217; experience with the 9\/11\u2062 attacks, McCaul described this assault as Israel&#8217;s equivalent. He highlighted the gravity of the \u200csituation and the urgent need for thorough analysis and improvement in intelligence operations.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise\u200d terrorist attack occurred on Saturday when over 1,500 Hamas terrorists breached\u2062 the Gaza border fence at multiple locations, resulting in the deaths of\u2062 more than 1,200 Israeli civilians, while over 3,000 \u200dwere wounded and over 100 were taken hostage. Israel&#8217;s military took\u2064 several\u200c hours to respond to the attack, indicating a major failure in\u200b their intelligence \u2062abilities in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of these developments, President Joe Biden \u200dhas pledged his support\u200d to Israel. \u200bHowever,\u2062 there are\u2063 reports \u200bsuggesting that he privately urged Netanyahu to minimize civilian casualties during the retaliatory air strikes in Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Thursday, while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to arrive on\u200c Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations about the warning from \u2062Egypt and the subsequent devastating attack by Hamas have left\u2063 many questions \u200cunanswered. As this situation\u2064 unfolds,\u200b it is imperative \u200cfor intelligence agencies to thoroughly assess\u200b their processes and capabilities to ensure the safety and security of the nations involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt alerted Israeli intelligence officials about a potential terrorist attack three days prior to Hamas&#8217; deadly assault, as stated by the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. 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