[News] Egypt discovers Israeli assassination plot of Hamas leaders in Cairo

[Anti-Imperialist News]

  Egypt discovers Israeli assassination plot of Hamas leaders
  in Cairo: Report

Israel unsuccessfully targeted Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in the 
Qatari capital last week

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

SEP 13, 2025 
-https://thecradle.co/articles/egypt-discovers-israeli-assassination-plot-of-hamas-leaders-in-cairo-report


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Egypt discovered Israeli plans to assassinate Hamas leaders in Cairo and 
has warned Tel Aviv that any attack will be responded to with force, 
/Middle East Eye/ (MEE) reported 
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-egypt-discovers-israeli-attempts-kill-hamas-leaders-its-soil>on 
13 September, citing senior Egyptian officials.

“Intelligence reports suggest that Israel has been plotting to 
assassinate Hamas leaders in Cairo for some time, as Egypt had already 
foiled an earlier attempt during ceasefire negotiations in the city over 
the past two years,” a high-level security source told the London-based 
outlet.

Earlier this week, Israeli air strikes hit residential buildings in 
Doha, the Qatari capital, targeting Hamas’ political leadership.

The Israeli strike targeted senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and 
others as they met in Doha to discuss the latest US proposal for a 
ceasefire in Gaza.

Hayya’s son and four other lower-ranking Hamas members were killed. 
However, Hayya and other senior officials survived.

A Qatari security force member was also killed in Israel’s illegal attack.

“Any attempt on the lives of Hamas leaders on Egyptian soil would be 
considered by Egypt as a violation of its sovereignty and, accordingly, 
a declaration of war by Israel, which we would not hesitate to retaliate 
against,” stated a security source speaking with MEE.

“But Egypt sees itself as the most strategic Arab country, and any 
Israeli strike on its soil would be seen as a form of humiliation. It 
would undermine Egypt’s prestige and jeopardize the regional status it 
has been trying to preserve despite Doha being more influential in the 
peace talks over the past months,” the source added.

After the strike on Qatar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 
publicly threatened 
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/10/netanyahu-vows-to-target-opponents-abroad-after-strike-in-qatar>to 
assassinate Hamas members in other countries as well.

“I say to Qatar and all nations who harbour terrorists, you either expel 
them or you bring them to justice — because if you don’t, we will,” he said.

Qatari officials were angered by the strike in Doha, saying that the US 
and Israel had requested the Gulf nation host Hamas officials in an 
effort to monitor their activities.

Netanyahu has stated that he requested 
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-09/ty-article/.premium/another-concept-implodes-israel-cant-be-managed-by-a-criminal-defendant/0000018b-1382-d2fc-a59f-d39b5dbf0000>that 
Qatar pay billions to Hamas in recent years in an effort to prop up the 
group. He argued that keeping Palestinians politically divided between 
Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West 
Bank would help prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Qatar has been the primary intermediary in ceasefire negotiations 
between Israel and Hamas, with Mossad chief David Barnea making regular 
visits to Doha since the start of the war in Gaza in 2023.

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