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Former Palestinian Authority minister Sufian Abu Zaida has said he was the intermediary who passed along a warning from then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to Israeli intelligence officials weeks before the October 7, 2023 attack. In a video posted on Facebook, Abu Zaida identified himself as the unnamed source cited in an earlier Haaretz exposé by journalist Shlomi Eldar. According to the account, Sinwar had threatened to cause an 'earthquake,' a warning that reportedly did not lead to preventive action by Israeli authorities. The claim adds to ongoing scrutiny in Israel over intelligence failures ahead of the October 7 attack.