Egypt conveyed at least three separate warnings to Israel ahead of the October 7 massacre, including a secret visit to Israel just two weeks before and a phonecall to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days prior to the attack, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing officials in an Arab government.

Axar.az reports, citing the Jerusalem Post, according to the WSJ report Egypt’s intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, had already given Netanyahu several warnings that there were signs of an impending attack from Gaza, but to no avail.

A report from the Atlantic on Saturday revealed that Kamel secretly visited Israel 11 days before October 7, to meet with the prime minister and warn him of the attack, however the new WSJ report found that even after that meeting Kamel conveyed an additional warning to Netanyahu, calling him in the days before the massacre.

Netanyahu has previously denied personally receiving advance knowledge, claiming that security chiefs did not adequately warn him.

The call from Kamel was not the only warning that Netanyahu received in the lead-up to October 7, the sources told the WSJ, Netanyahu and other Israeli officials received multiple advanced warnings.

These claims come with just under a month until the first Israeli elections since October 7, 2023, drawing renewed attention to the already divisive issue of government handling of October 7 and information regarding it.