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Members of Congress, including some House members, are receiving a private briefing to discuss the recent terrorist attacks in Israel. The briefing is being conducted by Brett McGurk, the Middle East coordinator for President Biden. Additionally, House members are also receiving an intelligence briefing on the situation in the Middle East. During a classified briefing, Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, stated that Israel had received warnings from Egypt about potential violence three days before the Hamas attacks. McCaul expressed concern about a failure of intelligence and questioned how both the US and Israel missed foreseeing the surprise attack. McCaul's statements were contradicted by Benjamin Netanyahu, who denied receiving any warnings from Egypt. However, McCaul reiterated that Egypt had indeed warned Israel three days prior to the attack, based on information from US intelligence. The US government has confirmed that Egypt did warn Israel about the possibility of an event like this happening. McCaul stated that the attack was planned, possibly as long as a year ago. Overall, the focus of the tweets is on the private briefing for members of Congress, the warnings received by Israel from Egypt, and the concerns raised about a failure of intelligence.
BREAKING: US confirms Egypt warned Israel ‘three days’ before Hamas attack. “We know that Egypt had warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Wednesday following a closed-door intelligence briefing, according… https://t.co/CNmFf3PaTm https://t.co/fewyjFGscj
Rep. Michael McCaul said the U.S. government is “not quite sure” how both itself and Israel “missed” foreseeing Palestinian militant group Hamas’s surprise attack against the Jewish state. https://t.co/QUxhE7N2wC https://t.co/VAVH87BRVL
GOP Congressman Michael McCaul contradicts Benjamin Netanyahu by saying Egypt did warn Israel three days before Hamas terror attack https://t.co/EgtXKfVSPU
GOP Congressman Michael McCaul contradicts Benjamin Netanyahu by saying Egypt DID warn Israel three days before Hamas terror attack https://t.co/9UiBeuOOMd https://t.co/y7JGi6hplm
Unfortunately, Mike McCaul, a senior Republican, is a weak and foolish man. Here he is repeating that the Egyptians warned the Israelis "something" was brewing in Gaza, no doubt based on information from U.S. intelligence, which is now covering its own ass. Israel denies it.… https://t.co/xdrn3a0ppm
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul: "We know that Egypt had warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen. We know this event was planned perhaps as long as a year ago."
Top US lawmaker affirms Cairo warned Israel days before onslaught . Click to read ⬇️ https://t.co/4CrYvcDoWS
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair @RepMcCaul told reporters on Wednesday that #Egypt had warned #Israel three days before #Hamas's assault on southern Israel that "an event like this could happen." https://t.co/8uGqBlb10e
Rep. Michael McCaul said the U.S. government is “not quite sure” how both itself and Israel “missed” foreseeing Palestinian militant group Hamas’s surprise attack against the Jewish state. https://t.co/rp7IACvbKY https://t.co/8xJhScupKT
House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) after classified briefing on Hamas' attack on Israel: “We heard from the administration. There seems to have been a failure of intelligence as well. We’re not quite sure how we missed it ... not quite sure how Israel missed it.” https://t.co/F3EEKgR0s2
🧵1/4 Israel received warnings from Egypt about potential violence three days before the Hamas attacks, said Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee @Bsamuels0 https://t.co/SttzthLHsu
#BREAKING: @RepMcCaul: "We know that Egypt had warned the Israelis 3 days prior that an event like this could happen. We know that this has been planned…as long as a yr ago."
Israel received warnings from Egypt three days before Hamas' attacks launched from Gaza, says House Foreign Affairs committee chairman: "We’re not quite sure how we missed it. We’re not quite sure how Israel missed it" https://t.co/O4iO77rrBz
New: Some members of Congress are getting a “small group,” members-only zoom briefing at 4:30pm today “to discuss the terrorist attacks in Israel” with Biden’s Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, per an invite obtained by @Axios
House members now getting an intelligence briefing on Mideast.