Netanyahu's Claim About Egyptian Spy Chief's Visit Disputed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a Channel 14 interview that Egypt's Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel landed in Israel shortly before the October 7th attack. Netanyahu implied that information about this visit was being deliberately concealed. However, he clarified that Kamel did not meet with him, as Netanyahu was attending a memorial ceremony for IDF soldiers at the time. Netanyahu asserted that the claim of a meeting was a "lie from the start," stating that the Egyptian intelligence chief "did not meet and did not speak with me" and that he had never personally met with a head of intelligence. Despite this, Netanyahu did meet with Abbas Kamel in 2021 at his residence in Jerusalem, and a photograph from that meeting was circulated. During the interview, Netanyahu also suggested that someone else met with Kamel and was attempting to falsely attribute the meeting to him. He called on security and law enforcement agencies to reveal who Kamel met with during his visit, stating, "I want to know who he met with. The truth is that someone else met with him, trying to sew it onto me."