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Jewish News 24 · Oct 15, 2026

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Israel’s Shin Bet security service received a direct warning from Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar weeks before the October 7, 2023, massacre, according to testimony by Palestinian political figure Sufian Abu Zaida, raising fresh questions about what Israeli intelligence officials knew ahead of the attack and how they interpreted the information. The account emerged in an interview conducted by Israeli-French journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps for the French magazine Le Point. Elbaz-Phelps subsequently shared details of the interview on X. According to Abu Zaida, Sinwar asked him during a meeting on September 14, 2023, to convey an unusual message to Israeli authorities, warning that Hamas was preparing a development that would fundamentally change negotiations over Palestinian prisoners.

Israel’s Shin Bet security service received a direct warning from Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar weeks before the October 7, 2023, massacre, according to testimony by Palestinian political figure Sufian Abu Zaida, raising fresh questions about what Israeli intelligence officials knew ahead of the attack and how they interpreted the information. The account emerged in an interview conducted by Israeli-French journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps for the French magazine Le Point. Elbaz-Phelps subsequently shared details of the interview on X. According to Abu Zaida, Sinwar asked him during a meeting on September 14, 2023, to convey an unusual message to Israeli authorities, warning that Hamas was preparing a development that would fundamentally change negotiations over Palestinian prisoners.

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