Israel was warned but it never reached Benjamin Netanyahu

Egypt Warned Israel of Possible Hamas Attack

Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was informed that Egypt warned Israel three days before Saturday's terrorist attack by Hamas that "an event like this could happen."

The attack resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 Israelis and at least 27 Americans, with many others being taken hostage.

"We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen," McCaul told reporters Wednesday following a closed-door intelligence briefing on the attack, the BBC reported.

"I don't want to get too much into classified [information], but a warning was given. I think the question was at what level." Rep. McCaul: Egypt Warned Israel of Possible Hamas Attack. The official speculated the warning did not make it up the chain of command to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

Read about it...