{
  "id": 10261015,
  "title": "'Israel Received Hamas Warning Weeks Before October 7 Attack,' Reveals Former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/israel-received-hamas-warning-weeks-before-october-7-attack-reveals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T17:16:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/israel-received-hamas-warning-weeks-before-october-7-attack-reveals-former-defence-minister-yoav-gallant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant revealed that Israeli intelligence received a warning from Hamas weeks before their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The warning, which reportedly included a threat from Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to \"shake the prisons,\" was transmitted through a channel involving Israel's internal security agency, Shin Bet. The assessment by Shin Bet and the Military Intelligence Directorate was that the warning was connected to the kidnapping of Elizabeth Tsurkov. Gallant asserted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu excluded him from crucial US talks during the war, despite Gallant serving as defence minister at the time. He also claimed that US officials lacked confidence in Netanyahu during the period. Gallant held the position of defence minister from 2022 until November 2024, during both the October 7 attack and the subsequent Gaza war. He resigned from the Knesset in January 2025 after a \"crisis of trust\" with Netanyahu over the conduct of the Gaza war. Gallant admitted to being unaware of any warnings received by Prime Minister Netanyahu from foreign leaders before the October 7 attack and also dismissed claims of an Egyptian intelligence chief's visit to Israel prior to the attack.",
  "summary": "Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has disclosed that Israeli intelligence received a warning from Hamas in the weeks preceding the group's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, nearly three years after the assault. Gallant said Israel received the message through a channel involving Shin Bet, the country's internal security agency. According to him, the communication included a warning…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}