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Netanyahu received three warnings from Egypt about Gaza including in days before October 7 - report

Netanyahu has previously denied personally receiving advance knowledge, claiming that security chiefs did not adequately warn him.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026|ByESTHER DAVIS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate Director Abbas Kamel, June 30, 2021.

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026; Illustrative.

Israel must treat Hamas's drone smuggling as a national security threat - opinion

On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves.

JULY 11, 2026|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019

Trump-Sisi meeting could put Egypt in the spotlight once again - analysis

Egypt is a historic regional power and center of influence, and it has played a key role in Palestinian reconciliation talks over the years and also in policy regarding Gaza.

JUNE 17, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Turkey, Egypt, Qatar discuss second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal

Turkish officials agreed to continue strengthening coordination and cooperation to eliminate all obstacles, ensure the ceasefire's continuity, and prevent further violations.

NOVEMBER 25, 2025|ByAMICHAI STEIN

Egypt says it destroyed more than 3,000 Gaza tunnels

Some of the destroyed tunnels were three kilometers long and 30 meters deep.

MAY 4, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

AN IDF SOLDIER stands next to an entrance to a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, near Kissufim last year.

Hamas: There is progress with Israel, challenges may harm the calm

Members of Hamas told the Lebanese paper Al-Akhbar that "The number of merchants permitted to pass through the Erez crossing to the West Bank increased and the flow of fuel continues."

JULY 6, 2019ByYASSER OKBI/MAARIV

Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt, for the first time after Hamas ceded Rafah border crossing to the Palestinian Authority, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 18, 2017

Egypt trying to prevent collapse of Gaza ceasefire understandings

Islamic Jihad threatens to target "major cities' in Israel

MAY 3, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinians gather in front of the gate of Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza during a protest against the blockade, in the southern Gaza Strip July 3, 2017.

Egypt gassed tunnelers, Israel wouldn’t. Why the double standard?

Were Israel to use Egyptian methods, it would presumably face a wave of global criticism as it does nearly any time it uses force. Why the double-standard?

FEBRUARY 13, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

A gunman from the Izz ad-Din al- Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, photographed inside an underground tunnel in Gaza, in 2014.

Egyptian intelligence officials attend Hamas rally

The Egyptian official received a warm welcome as he arrived at the rally together with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

NOVEMBER 17, 2018ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

A new proposal for the Gaza Strip

The plan is based around a simple idea: Establish an Israeli desalination plant, built on Israeli land, funded by Saudi Arabia, the Europeans and others, that provides clean water to Gaza.

NOVEMBER 10, 2018ByMIKE EVANS

Report: Abbas to meet Sisi about Gaza as part of Egyptian truce efforts

According to media reporters in the Arabic press, Egypt has spoken with Hamas about the possibility of using funds from Qatar to pay the salaries of civil servants in Gaza.

NOVEMBER 1, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF