According to the news site "Middle East Eye," which operates from London and is affiliated with Qatar and Turkey, Egyptian sources reportedly said that Cairo discovered an Israeli plan to target Hamas leaders secretly staying in Cairo, and warned Israel that any such attack would be met with force. "According to intelligence information, Israel has been planning to eliminate senior Hamas officials in Cairo for some time, after Egypt had already thwarted a previous such plan during negotiations in the city over the past two years," a senior security source told the site.