Egyptian Plane Before Oct. 7 Carried Businessmen, Not Spy Chief
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
An Israeli report revealed that an Egyptian private plane landing in Israel on September 26, 2023, carried two businessmen, not former intelligence chief Abbas Kamel. The plane departed Ben Gurion Airport an hour later with no passengers. This contradicts earlier speculation about the flight's purpose and its potential link to security warnings given to Israel before the October 7 Hamas attack. Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed a plane landed but denied meeting Kamel.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- An Egyptian private plane landed in Israel on September 26, 2023, carrying two businessmen.
- The aircraft departed Ben Gurion Airport about an hour later with no passengers.
- The flight did not carry former Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, contrary to earlier reports.
- Israeli authorities are withholding the businessmen's identities due to strict confidentiality.
- The report follows controversy over whether the flight was linked to pre-attack security warnings from Egypt.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed a plane landed but denied meeting Abbas Kamel.
An Israeli report has stated that the Egyptian private plane that landed in Israel shortly before the October 7, 2023, attack did not carry former Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, contrary to previous claims. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (Kan 11) reported on Wednesday evening that the aircraft was carrying two Egyptian businessmen. The plane landed at Ben Gurion Airport on September 26, 2023, at 10 a.m. and departed about an hour later with no passengers.
Israeli authorities at the Civil Aviation Authority and Ben Gurion Airport have the identities of the two businessmen, but they are refusing to disclose them, citing strict confidentiality protocols for private jet travel. This revelation follows controversy surrounding the Egyptian plane's arrival in Israel before the October 7 attack and whether its visit was linked to security warnings from Egypt about Hamas's preparations for a large-scale assault.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously acknowledged a plane landing in Israel before the attack in an interview with Israeli Channel 14, but he denied meeting with Abbas Kamel and claimed ignorance about the identity of officials he met. The Kan 11 report offers a different account of the plane's passengers but does not definitively resolve questions about the Egyptian warnings preceding the October 7 attack or other contacts between Egyptian and Israeli officials during that period.
