By JACOB MAGID,
AGENCIES and TOI STAFF
11 October 2023, 9:46 pm
The official speculated that the warning did not make it up the chain of command to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
The premier has denied previous reports that he was given such a warning.
McCaul said the attack may have been planned as long as a year ago.
“We’re not quite sure how we missed it. We’re not quite sure how Israel missed it,” he told reporters.
Cairo has not commented officially on suggestions that it may have offered an early warning.
But Egyptian media with close ties to the country’s intelligence services on Wednesday quoted senior security sources denying Israeli press reports that such a warning was issued.
Israel is reeling from the deadliest attack in its 75-year history, after many hundreds of terrorists stormed through the Gaza security barrier Saturday in a coordinated land, air and sea attack on the Jewish Sabbath.
Hamas’s ability to remain undetected while preparing and launching such a large-scale, complex assault from the closely monitored and heavily guarded Gaza Strip has shocked Israelis and observers the world over, representing an unprecedented intelligence and operational failure for Israel.
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