According to a report published by The Atlantic, Abbas Kamel, who served as Egypt's intelligence chief, issued a direct warning to senior Israeli officials at Ben Gurion Airport shortly before the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Kamel reportedly told the officials, "If you don't change course, Gaza is going to blow up in your faces." This account aligns with previous reports from the Associated Press and the Israeli news site Ynet, which both indicated that Egyptian intelligence had repeatedly cautioned Israel that Hamas was planning a significant operation.

The core of the report centers on the claim that Israel ignored these specific intelligence warnings. While the report highlights the blunt nature of the communication from the Egyptian side, it does not detail the specific response or internal deliberations of the Israeli officials who received the message. The narrative suggests a failure in intelligence sharing or reception, though the exact nature of the Israeli government's internal assessment of these warnings remains a subject of ongoing scrutiny and debate. The report serves to reinforce existing claims that regional partners had identified a growing threat from Gaza that was not adequately addressed by Israeli security protocols at the time.